REG - Henderson Smllr Cos - Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3649M Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC 19 December 2025 JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITEDTHE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLCLEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M99819 December 2025THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC(the "Company")Market Purchase by the Company of its own SharesNotification is given that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 October 2025 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 30,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 853.19p per share was made on 19 December 2025. The purchased shares will be held in Treasury. Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital continues to be 74,385,131 ordinary shares of 25p each, of which 16,309,836 shares are held in Treasury and have no voting rights.Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As Treasury shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights is 58,075,295. There are also 4,257 preference stock units in issue, which do not carry voting rights.For further information please call:Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK LimitedCorporate SecretaryTelephone: 020 7818 1818Harriet HallPR Director, Investment TrustsJanus Henderson InvestorsTelephone: 020 7818 2919This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy. END POSFLFSDFTLALIE