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 14 January 2010 were:-

Excluding Current Year Revenue = 616.80p

Including ALL Revenue = 628.52p

As at 14 January 2010, ASCoT held 87 investments, the largest of
which represented 2.7% of total Shareholders' Funds.  The market
value of investments was £651.3m and total Shareholders' Funds
were £608.8m. 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 12.3% of Shareholders' Funds.  Current gearing is 7.0%.

The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is
96,867,000.

Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with
the first interim announced each July and paid in August and the
second interim announced each January and paid in February.



Contact - David Holland (Tel: [phone])
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 15 January 2010
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