Result of EGM

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
14 August 2006

                      EDINBURGH SMALL COMPANIES TRUST PLC

                  RESULTS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The Board are pleased to announce that at an Extraordinary General Meeting held
at 2.30pm on 14 August 2006 at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL, both
resolutions put to the Extraordinary General Meeting were passed by
shareholders.

The proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions are listed in the
following table:

                                           For     Against    Discretion       Votes   Total (excluding
                                                                            Withheld    Votes Withheld)

Ordinary Resolution                 43,639,978   2,085,353       112,069       1,200         45,837,400

Special Resolution                  43,626,117   2,096,249       115,034       1,200         45,837,400

As stated in the circular of 20 July 2006, the Board considers that shareholders
voting in favour of the resolutions were providing approval for the Board to
bring forward proposals involving inter alia, a tender offer for up to 50 per
cent. of the Company's shares, or should the tender offer be oversubscribed, a
voluntary liquidation with a tax and cost efficient rollover offered into the UK
Smaller Companies Fund, an open ended investment company managed by Standard
Life Investments.

Further meetings of shareholders, warrantholders and debenture stockholders are
likely to be held within the next three months.

PASSING OF ORDINARY AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

A copy of the above document will be submitted shortly to the UK Listing
Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Enquiries:

Nathan Brown/Robin Archibald
WINS Investment Trusts

Tel. [phone]




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