Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer             Invesco Perpetual UK     
of existing shares to which voting rights are                  Smaller Companies        
attached:ii                                                    Investment Trust plc     
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        X    
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may                
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are           
attached                                                                                
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                    Lazard Asset Management LLC 
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                            Bank of New York, Inc - Dir 
                                                            Personal                    
                                                                                        
                                                            Mellon Trust                
                                                                                        
                                                            Morgan Guaranty - Personal  
                                                            Custody                     
                                                                                        
                                                            Northern Trust Co           
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                  State Street Bank & Trust   
                                                            Company                     
                                                                                        
                                                            State Street Bank -         
                                                            Custodian - ETC             
                                                                                        
                                                            State Street Bank - Master  
                                                            Tr - ETC                    
                                                                                        
                                                            State Street Bank - Custody 
                                                            Master Trust                
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                           9 August 2011               
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           10 August 2011              
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      8%                          
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                            
                                                                                                
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                    
                                                                                                
Class/type   Situation previous           Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
of           to the triggering                                                                  
shares       transaction                                                                        
                                                                                                
             Number           Number      Number    Number of voting     % of  voting rights x  
if possible  of               of          of shares rights                                      
using        Shares           Voting                                                            
the ISIN                      Rights      Direct    Direct xi  Indirect  Direct   Indirect      
CODE                                                           xii                              
                                                                                                
GB00B1FL3C76                                                                                    
                              4,358,083                        4,372,075          8.000%        
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                             
                                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                            
                                                                                                
Type of        Expiration        Exercise/           Number of voting            % of voting    
financial      date xiii         Conversion Period   rights that may be          rights         
instrument                       xiv                 acquired if the                            
                                                     instrument is                              
                                                     exercised/ converted.                      
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                   
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                             
                                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                            
                                                                                                
Type of       Exercise price  Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights  % of voting rights 
financial                     date xvii  Conversion instrument refers to     xix, xx            
instrument                               period                                                 
                                         xviii                                                  
                                                                                                
                                                                             Nominal Delta       
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                   
                                                                                                
Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights                   
                                                                                                
4,372,075                                         8.000%                                        
                                                                                                


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                             N/A           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                     
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                       
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                        Legal & Compliance Department  
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                            0207 448 2047