Statement re Compliance with Market Abuse Regul...

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:     Compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc (the "Company") wishes to notify the market that the closed period of the Company in relation to its half year financial results for the period ended 31 July 2016 will commence on 8 August 2016 and is anticipated to end following the release of those results on or around 8 September 2016.

The Company confirms that all inside information (as defined in the EU Market Abuse Regulation) which the Directors and the Company may have held has been notified to a Regulatory Information Service.  Accordingly, in the absence of any new undisclosed inside information arising, the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this closed period.

Kelly Nice
for and on behalf of
Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate Company Secretary

1 August 2016