Submission of s272 Accounts

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
01 February 2006


                          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 2005, 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 2005, announced on 5 January 2006
and paid on 31 January 2006.


Shires Smaller Companies plc is managed by Glasgow Investment Managers Limited.






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