Net Asset Value(s)

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
08 May 2008


THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

First State Investment Management (UK) Limited, managers of The Scottish
Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC ('Scottish Oriental') announce that the
unaudited Net Asset Value of Scottish Oriental Ordinary Shares as at 6 May 2008
was 350.61p. This figure does not include any income retention for the year
to-date. This figure does not include any provision for capital gains tax on net
unrealised gains on holdings of Indian securities.



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