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 July 2005 were:- Excluding Current Year Revenue = 614.66p Including ALL Revenue = 623.79p As at 31 July 2005, ASCoT held 116 investments, the largest of which represented 4.2% of investable assets. The market value of investments was £598.3m and total Shareholders' Funds were £616.4m. 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 13.0% 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 (inc. revenue) stated above: 623.79p Less: Adjustment to valuation of investments from mid to bid prices: (5.31p) NAV per UK GAAP (including FRS 25 and 26): 618.48p 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, Secretaries - 1 August 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS
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