Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

31 December 2013

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc (the Company)

Retail distribution of the Company's shares

The Company confirms that it currently conducts its affairs so that its ordinary shares of 25p each can be recommended by IFAs to ordinary retail investors in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) rules in relation to non-mainstream investment products and intends to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

The shares are excluded from the FCA's restrictions which apply to non-mainstream investment products because they are shares in an investment trust.

For further information, please call:

Rachel Peat

Company Secretary

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 6125

James de Sausmarez

Head of Investment Trusts

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 3349


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