Doc re. Annual Financial Report

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

6 August 2020

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2020

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2020 has been sent to shareholders, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2020, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the Form of Proxy have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission System and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website: www.hendersonsmallercompanies.com.

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) are incorporated into, or form part of, this announcement.

For further information please contact:

Johana Woodruff

Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plcTel: 020 7818 2220

Laura Thomas

Investment Trust PR Manager

Janus Henderson InvestorsTel: 020 7818 2636