--- title: "REG - Henderson Smllr Cos - Transaction in Own Shares" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/276151609.md" description: "Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC announced a market purchase of 135,000 ordinary shares at 916.0p per share on 17 February 2026. This purchase was authorized at the AGM on 7 October 2025, allowing up to 14.99% of the company's shares to be bought back. After this transaction, the total issued ordinary share capital remains at 74,385,131 shares, with 16,648,494 shares held in Treasury, which have no voting rights. The total number of voting rights is now 57,736,637." datetime: "2026-02-17T17:21:13.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276151609.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276151609.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/276151609.md) --- # REG - Henderson Smllr Cos - Transaction in Own Shares RNS Number : 3960T Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC 17 February 2026 JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998 17 February 2026 THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the "Company") Market Purchase by the Company of its own Shares Notification 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 135,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 916.0p per share was made on 17 February 2026. 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 16,648,494 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 57,736,637. 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 Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: 020 7818 1818 Harriet Hall PR Director, Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: 020 7818 2919 This 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 POSFLFLDFTIDLIR ### Related Stocks - [HSL.UK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HSL.UK.md) - [DNDL.UK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DNDL.UK.md) - [NAS.UK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NAS.UK.md) ## Related News & Research - [North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) Releases Earnings Results](https://longbridge.com/en/news/284609033.md) - [Peregrine Moncreiffe Buys 1,359 Shares of North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) Stock](https://longbridge.com/en/news/285705566.md) - [9Proxy Unveils 2026 Strategy to Combat Ad Cloaking Using Residential IP Technology](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287018511.md) - [Stocks to buy: Tata Communications, Nibe, ELGI Equipments on analyst radar](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287141880.md) - [Assessing International Paper (IP) Shares After A Steep Pullback And Undervaluation Debate](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286679803.md)