Net Asset Value(s)

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
29 March 2006


SHIRES SMALLER COMPANIES plc



The Net Asset Value (NAV) of Shires Smaller Companies plc as at close of
business on 28 March 2006 was 273.2p.


This NAV has been prepared on the basis of guidance issued by the Association of
Investment Trust Companies (AITC). The AITC recommends Investments be valued at
bid price. In addition the Zero Coupon Finance the Company holds is now marked
to market instead of being measured at a constant cost to capital..





Shires Smaller Companies plc, an investment trust, is managed by Glasgow
Investment Managers Limited.



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