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 13 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 28 February 2021, 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	23,917,630	100.00	380	0.00	23,918,010	48.98	1,779
Resolution 2	23,864,904	99.91	22,446	0.09	23,887,350	48.92	31,234
Resolution 3	23,917,945	100.00	380	0.00	23,918,325	48.98	1,464
Resolution 4	23,896,096	99.96	9,541	0.04	23,905,637	48.96	14,152
Resolution 5	23,788,467	99.51	117,170	0.49	23,905,637	48.96	14,152
Resolution 6	23,900,718	99.98	4,920	0.02	23,905,638	48.96	14,151
Resolution 7	23,899,434	99.97	6,960	0.03	23,906,394	48.96	13,395
Resolution 8	22,321,550	93.37	1,586,247	6.63	23,907,797	48.96	11,992
Resolution 9	23,897,219	99.95	12,166	0.05	23,909,385	48.96	10,404
Resolution 10	23,894,239	99.95	12,239	0.05	23,906,478	48.96	13,311
Resolution 11	23,888,556	99.91	21,144	0.09	23,909,700	48.97	10,089
Resolution 12	23,868,595	99.87	30,518	0.13	23,899,113	48.94	20,676
Resolution 13	22,568,251	94.36	1,348,930	5.64	23,917,181	48.98	2,608

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

11 June 2021