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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

*Janus Henderson Group Plc does not have discretion regarding voting decisions in respect of 344,923 shares that are included in the total above.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

• Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

• Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

 (b)       Cash-settled derivative transactions

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. CFD

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

• Number of reference securities

• Price per unit

 (c)       Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

• Class of relevant security

• Product description e.g. call option

• Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

• Number of securities to which option relates

• Exercise price per unit

• Type

  e.g. American, European etc.

• Expiry date

• Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. call option

• Exercising/ exercised against

• Number of securities

• Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

• Class of relevant security

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. subscription, conversion

• Details

• Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

• Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

• Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

  (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(c)        Attachments

• Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

• No

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

*Janus Henderson Group Plc does not have discretion regarding voting decisions in respect of 634,147 shares that are included in the total above.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

• Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

• Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

 (b)       Cash-settled derivative transactions

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. CFD

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

• Number of reference securities

• Price per unit

 (c)       Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

• Class of relevant security

• Product description e.g. call option

• Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

• Number of securities to which option relates

• Exercise price per unit

• Type

  e.g. American, European etc.

• Expiry date

• Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. call option

• Exercising/ exercised against

• Number of securities

• Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

• Class of relevant security

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. subscription, conversion

• Details

• Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

• Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

• Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

  (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(c)        Attachments

• Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

• No

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER

RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1.             KEY INFORMATION

2.             INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.

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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

(Note 2)

*Janus Henderson Group Plc does not have discretion regarding voting decisions in respect 69,093 shares that are included in the total above.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.

3.             DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)           Purchases and sales

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(b)           Cash-settled derivative transactions

• Class of

  relevant

  security

• Product

  description

  e.g. CFD

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. opening/ closing a long/ short position, increasing/ reducing a long/ short position

• Number of

  reference

  securities

  (Note 6)

• Price

  per unit

  (Note 5)

(c)           Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)            Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

• Class of

  relevant

  security

• Product

  description e.g. call

  option

• Writing, purchasing, selling, varying

  etc.

• Number

  of

  securities

  to which

  option

  relates

  (Note 6)

• Exercise

  price per

  unit

• Type

  e.g.

  American,

  European

  etc.

• Expiry

  date

• Option

  money

  paid/

  received per unit

(ii)           Exercise

• Class of

  relevant

  security

• Product

  description

  e.g. call

  option

• Exercising/

  exercised

  against

• Number of

  securities

• Exercise

  price per

  unit

  (Note 5)

(d)           Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)

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4.             OTHER INFORMATION

(a)           Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

• Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer.

  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(b)           Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

• Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

• None

(c)           Attachments

• Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?

• No

Public disclosures under Rule 8.3 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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NOTES ON FORM 8.3

1.             See the definition of "connected fund manager" in Rule 2.2 of Part A of the Rules.

2.             See the definition of "interest in a relevant security" in Rule 2.5 of Part A of the Rules and see Rule 8.6(a) and (b) of Part B of the Rules.

3.             See the definition of "relevant securities" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

4.             See the definition of "dealing" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

5.             If the economic exposure to changes in the price of securities is limited, for example, by virtue of a stop loss arrangement relating to a spread bet, full details must be given.

6.             See Rule 2.5(d) of Part A of the Rules.

7.             If details included in a disclosure under Rule 8 are incorrect, they should be corrected as soon as practicable in a subsequent disclosure. Such disclosure should state clearly that it corrects details disclosed previously, identify the disclosure or disclosures being corrected, and provide sufficient detail for the reader to understand the nature of the corrections. In the case of any doubt, the Panel should be consulted.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

References in these notes to "the Rules" are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.

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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800NE2NCQ67M2M998

4 December 2025

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 50,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 847.5p per share was made on 4 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 15,103,497 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 59,281,634. There are also 4,257 preference stock units in issue, which do not carry voting rights.

For further information please call:

Indriatti van Hien

Fund Manager

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

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

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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

*Janus Henderson Group Plc does not have discretion regarding voting decisions in respect of 344,651 shares that are included in the total above.

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

• Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

• Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

 (b)       Cash-settled derivative transactions

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. CFD

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

• Number of reference securities

• Price per unit

 (c)       Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

• Class of relevant security

• Product description e.g. call option

• Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

• Number of securities to which option relates

• Exercise price per unit

• Type

  e.g. American, European etc.

• Expiry date

• Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

• Class of relevant security

• Product description

  e.g. call option

• Exercising/ exercised against

• Number of securities

• Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

• Class of relevant security

• Nature of dealing

  e.g. subscription, conversion

• Details

• Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

• Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

• Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

  (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

• None

(c)        Attachments

• Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

• No

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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