Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC Result of AGM (7428K)

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RNS Number : 7428K

Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst PLC

23 September 2016

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

23 SEPTEMBER 2016

THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting held on

Friday 23 September 2016

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included three Special Resolutions authorising:

- the allotment of ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to a nominal value of GBP1,867,544 (equivalent to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital at today's date);

   -     market purchases of the preference stock units of the Company; and 

- market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the issued ordinary share capital (equivalent to 11,197,799 ordinary shares as at today's date) at the maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding the higher of: i) 105% of the average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the date of purchase; and ii) the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

For further information please contact:

Neil Hermon

Fund Manager

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

Tel: [phone]

Sarah Gibbons-Cook

Investor Relations and PR Manager

Henderson Investment Funds Limited

Telephone: [phone]

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