Net Asset Value(s)

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT") The Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above company - calculated using a mid-market pricing basis for the securities held on the company's portfolio - as at the close of business on 31 December 2005 were:- Excluding Current Year Revenue = 674.05p Including ALL Revenue = 684.55p As at 31 December 2005, ASCoT held 117 investments, the largest of which represented 2.6% of investable assets. The market value of investments was £664.8m and total Shareholders' Funds were £676.4m. Details of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's sectoral composition and other general information can be found within Aberforth Partners' website at http://www.aberforth.co.uk. ASCoT invests only in small UK quoted companies and does not invest in any unquoted securities, AIM listed securities or securities issued by investment trusts or investment companies. ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up to 11.8% of Shareholders' Funds of which 0.0% is currently utilised. The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is 98,809,788. In accordance with the AITC's recommended practice the net asset values reported in this announcement do not reflect the change in the basis of valuing investments from "mid-market" to "bid", as required under FRS 26. Set out below is a reconciliation of the NAV of the Ordinary Shares between this announcement and those presented under UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice ("UK GAAP"). NAV (including revenue) stated above: 684.55p "Mid" to "bid" valuation adjustment: (5.29p) ________ ______ NAV per UK GAAP (including FRS 25 and 26): 679.26p ________ ______ Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with the interim announced each July and paid in September and the final announced each January and paid in March. Contact - David Holland (Tel: 0131 220 0733) Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 3 January 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS
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