Net Asset Value(s)

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT")
                             
Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above company -        
calculated using a bid pricing basis for the securities held on the         
company's portfolio - as at the close of business on 14 October 2010 were:- 

Excluding Current Year Revenue = 693.61p                                   
 
Including ALL Revenue = 703.85p                                             

As at 14 October 2010, ASCoT held 86 investments, the largest of which      
represented 3.4% of total Shareholders' Funds.  The market value of         
investments was £730.1m and total Shareholders' Funds were £678.8m. Details 
of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's sectoral composition and other      
general information can be found on the Aberforth website at http://        
www.aberforth.co.uk.                                                        

ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up to 11.0% of 
Shareholders' Funds.  Current gearing is 7.6%.                              

The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is 96,438,792.       

Contact - David Holland (Tel: [phone])                                
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 15 October 2010                       

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