Net Asset Value(s)

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT") Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above company - calculated using a bid pricing basis for the securities held on the company's portfolio - as at the close of business on 26 February 2009 were:- Excluding Current Year Revenue = 398.74p Including ALL Revenue = 399.57p As at 26 February 2009, ASCoT held 96 investments, the largest of which represented 4.7% of investable assets. The market value of investments was £454.3m and total Shareholders' Funds were £387.2m. Details of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's sectoral composition and other general information can be found on the Aberforth website at http://www.aberforth.co.uk. ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up to 20.7% of Shareholders' Funds. Current gearing is 17.3%. The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is 96,900,000. Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with the first interim announced each July and paid in September and the second interim announced each January and paid in February. Contact - David Holland (Tel: 0131 220 0733) Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 27 February 2009 ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS
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