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 31 December 2008 were:- Excluding Current Year Revenue = 420.75p Including ALL Revenue = 437.68p As at 31 December 2008, ASCoT held 93 investments, the largest of which represented 4.3% of investable assets. The market value of investments was £464.4m and total Shareholders' Funds were £424.1m. 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 18.9% of Shareholders' Funds. Current gearing is 9.5%. 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. The Company confirms that all information required under Listing Rule 15.5.1(4) has been notified to a Regulated Information Service. Contact - David Holland (Tel: 0131 220 0733) Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 2 January 2009 ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS
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