Submission of s272 Accounts

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
04 February 2005


                          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 2004, 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 2004, announced on 5 January 2005
and paid on 31 January 2005.

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




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