Result of AGM

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc
(LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082)

Results of AGM

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held today, all 15 resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 29 February 2020, which has previously been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The results of the poll were as follows:

	Votes For & Discretionary	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of Available voting rights*	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	22,024,213	100.00	0	0.00	22,024,213	45.10	3,658
Resolution 2	21,989,709	99.93	15,326	0.07	22,005,035	45.06	22,836
Resolution 3	21,841,775	99.88	26,326	0.12	21,868,101	44.78	159,770
Resolution 4	22,023,162	99.99	1,431	0.01	22,024,593	45.10	3,278
Resolution 5	21,907,219	99.47	115,827	0.53	22,023,046	45.10	4,825
Resolution 6	20,463,263	92.92	1,559,783	7.08	22,023,046	45.10	4,825
Resolution 7	22,017,896	99.98	5,150	0.02	22,023,046	45.10	4,825
Resolution 8	22,018,350	99.98	4,696	0.02	22,023,046	45.10	4,825
Resolution 9	20,352,832	92.42	1,670,214	7.58	22,023,046	45.10	4,825
Resolution 10	22,008,772	99.94	13,091	0.06	22,021,863	45.10	6,008
Resolution 11	22,016,571	99.97	6,942	0.03	22,023,513	45.10	4,358
Resolution 12	22,002,552	99.91	18,937	0.09	22,021,489	45.10	6,382
Resolution 13	21,977,802	99.86	30,479	0.14	22,008,281	45.07	19,590
Resolution 14	19,118,021	86.83	2,898,634	13.17	22,016,655	45.09	11,216
Resolution 15	22,000,860	99.96	8,271	0.04	22,009,131	45.07	18,740

*Available Voting Rights (exc. Treasury) equals 48,829,792

28 July 2020