Holding(s) in Company-Amendmt

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
24 April 2007


AMENDMENT

This announcement replaces the earlier announcement released on 19 April 2007 at
16:34hrs (RNS No 1991V).  The earlier announcement showed 6,975,000 as being the
number of shares in issue.  This figure was incorrect and should have read
6,625,000.  Please see below the correct announcement incorporating this change.



                                                                      APPENDIX 3


TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
     
(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
     voting rights are attached (ii):

     Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc



2.   Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: 

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No
     
3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

     Standard Life Investments Ltd
     
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

     Vidacos Nominees
     
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
     reached (v):

     18 April 2007
     
6.   Date on which issuer notified:

     19 April 2007
     
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

     n/a

     
8.   Notified details:

     Further to the TR-1 notification of Major Interests in Shares issued on 
     19 April 2007 in error, there was no sale of shares in the Trust by 
     Standard Life Investments.  We confirm that Standard Life Investments has 
     an interest in 19.275% of the Trust's shares in issue.

A:   Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible           Number of shares             Number of voting Rights (viii)
using the ISIN CODE
Ordinary Shares                               6,625,000                            6,625,000

GB0002959582


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if          Number of shares       Number of voting rights (ix)       % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
Ordinary Shares                     6,625,000          Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
                                                       6,625,000            0             19.275%        0%
GB0002959582


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.
n/a             n/a                   n/a                       n/a                         n/a


Total (A+B)
   Number of voting rights          % of voting rights

          6,625,000                       19.275%

     
9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
     financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

     Standard Life Investments


Proxy Voting:
     
10.  Name of the proxy holder:

     n/a


11.  Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

     n/a.


12.  Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

     n/a.


13.  Additional information:

     n/a
     

14.  Contact name:

     Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd


15.  Contact telephone number:

     0131 313 6402




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