HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

26 July 2017

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                                                    Director Declaration            

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14, The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announces that Beatrice Hollond, a non-executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as a non-executive Director of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC with effect from 1 September 2017.

For further information, please contact:

Rachel Peat

For and on behalf of

Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary to The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 6125