Section 272 accounts

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
29 January 2008



                          Shires Smaller Companies plc



           Notification of Submission of Accounts to Companies House



Shires Smaller Companies plc hereby gives notice that accounts for the year to
31 December 2007, prepared in accordance with Section 272 of the Companies Act
1985, have been submitted to:

The Registrar of Companies
Companies House
37 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2EB



These accounts have been submitted in connection with the fourth interim
dividend in respect of the year to 31 December 2007, announced on 3 January 2008
and payable on 31 January 2008.




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