Compliance with Model Code

RNS Number : 0381V

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

02 July 2009

 



2 July 2009

STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC ('the Company')

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of the Annual Financial Report, has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ('RIS') and that the Company is thereby exempted from the provisions of the Model Code in relation to closed periods for any dealings referred to in Listing Rule 15.5.1(3).

In so stating the Company has regard to;

• the announcement on the 2 July 2009 of the Net Asset Value per share as of the close of business on the 1 July 2009,

• the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on the 2 July 2009 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Annual Financial Report,

• the Company's practice of calculating Net Asset Values per share each business day and the announcement of these Net Asset Values to an RIS,

• there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities and

• there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio.

This announcement is issued pursuant to paragraph 15.5.1 of the FSA Listing Rules as amended with effect from 28 September 2007.

 

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