Listing Particulars

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
26 September 2000


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:      26th September 2000


Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

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DETAILS OF ISSUE:         £10,000,000 7 3/4 per cent. Debenture Stock 2023 
 
ISSUERS:                  Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc 

INCORPORATED IN:          Scotland 

GUARANTORS:               N/A 

INCORPORATED IN:          N/A 


Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours
for fourteen days from the date of this formal notice from:

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
Donaldson House
97 Haymarket Terrace 
Edinburgh EH12 5HD 

Dickson Minto W.S. 
Royal London House
22/25 Finsbury Square
London EC2A 1DX

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the
Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, London E14 5HS.