Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 1088L

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

05 January 2009

 



05/01/2009

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 Half Yearly 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 by persons discharging managerial responsibilities in the Company and any purchases by the Company of its own securities.

In so stating the Company has regard to;

• the announcement on the 5 January 2009 of the Net Asset Value per share as of the close of business on the 2 January 2009,

• the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on the 5 January 2009 and that to be included in the forthcoming Announcement of the Half Yearly Financial Report,

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

• there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities,

• the publication of a prospectus and a circular on 24 December 2008, 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 28/09/2007.

 

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