Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
03 January 2007


          EDINBURGH SMALL COMPANIES TRUST PLC - 10 LARGEST INVESTMENTS


The company announces that the ten largest investments as at close of business
on 31 December 2006 were as follows:

Assets With Values Over 5% of Gross Assets

NAME                                                              Market Value     %Ttl Gross Assets

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Top 10 Portfolio Assets

NAME                                                              Market Value     %Ttl Gross Assets

DATAMONITOR                                                       1,978,023.40                  3.33
BIG YELLOW GROUP                                                  1,815,283.35                  3.05
AVEVA GROUP PLC                                                   1,641,922.56                  2.76
RAYMARINE GROUP                                                   1,582,231.41                  2.66
CHLORIDE GROUP                                                    1,565,547.74                  2.63
RESTAURANT GROUP                                                  1,553,845.18                  2.61
KIER GROUP                                                        1,494,066.70                  2.51
MORGAN SINDALL                                                    1,449,830.72                  2.44
DETICA GROUP                                                      1,399,668.27                  2.35
VICTREX                                                           1,377,456.12                  2.32


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