Annual Information Update

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
19 July 2006



                        F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
                           Annual Information Update

Pursuant to the requirements of the Prospectus Rule 5.2, the following
summarises the information that has been published or made available to the
public by the F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC ('the Company') over the 12
months to 18 July 2006.   All information was notified to a RIS in London and
New Zealand.

The Company uses the London Stock Exchange RNS service to make announcements to
the market.   Copies of announcements can be obtained from the RNS service using
the following link http:
//www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/marketnews/.    
For Name/code you can use the Company's short code FCS

Report and Accounts can be inspected 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

Tel: [phone]

Report and accounts are also available on the F&C website at www.fandc.com, or
from the Company Secretary, F&C Management Limited, Exchange House, Primrose
Street, London EC2A 2NY

Copies of documents filed with Companies House can be obtained by contacting the
Companies House Contact Centre on 0870 33 33 636.

NOTES:

•         As notifications under the following headings are released daily,
monthly or quarterly, individual dates have not been provided in the list below:

Net Asset Value: the Company's Net Asset Value is released daily on the RNS.

Portfolio Update (quarterly): the Company's top ten holdings and all holdings
over 5% of gross assets as at each quarter end is released quarterly on the RNS.


Portfolio Update (monthly): the Company's holding in other UK listed investment
companies that do not have a stated policy to invest no more than 15% of their
gross assets in other UK listed investment companies, is released monthly

Month End Portfolio Info: the Company's top ten holdings and details on sector
allocation is released monthly.

Transaction In Own Shares: the Company has a policy of buying back shares.  As
these transactions are frequent, individual dates have not been listed below.

•         Some of the information referred to below may be out of date at the
submission of this Annual Information Update.


Information published on RNS                                                      Date of Publication/Filing

Report and Accounts 2005 - available for inspection at UKLA document viewing      1 July 2005
facility
Holding(s) in Company - Carrousel Capital Limited                                 22 July 2005
Directorate Change - N C Talbot-Rice                                              29 July 2005
AGM Statement                                                                     29 July 2005
Holding(s) in Company - SG Option Europe                                          2 August 2005
Holding(s) in Company -  Friends Provident Group                                  16 August 2005
Holding(s) in Company - SG Option Europe                                          29 September 2005
Director Declaration - A Townsend                                                 7 November 2005
Tender Offer                                                                      14 November 2005
Tender Offer Result                                                               8 December 2005
Result of EGM & Tender Price                                                      9 December 2005
Change of Name                                                                    12 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - Carrousel Capital Ltd                                     13 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - SG Option Europe                                          14 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - AXA SA                                                    15 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - Barclays PLC                                              16 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - Deutsche Bank AG                                          16 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - Prudential plc                                            16 December 2005
Interim Results - Unaudited Interim Statement of Results for the half-year to 31  19 December 2005
October 2005
Holding(s) in Company - AXA SA                                                    19 December 2005
Holding(s) in Company - Prudential plc                                            4 January 2006
Holding(s) in Company - Friends Provident Group                                   16 January 2006
Holding(s) in Company - Barclays plc                                              25 January 2006
Holding(s) in Company - Legal & General Group plc                                 7 February 2006
Holding(s) in Company - Friends Provident Group                                   1 March 2006
Final Results - Unaudited Preliminary Statement of Results for the year to 30     19 June 2006
April 2006
Holding(s) in Company - Friends Provident Group                                   17 July 2006
Documents filed with the Register of Companies
Form 169 - Stamp duty on transaction of shares                                    Frequent
Report and Accounts 2005                                                          19 July 2005
Resolutions passed at AGM 2005                                                    1 August 2005
Form 288b - Resignation of N C Talbot-Rice                                        1 August 2005
Annual Return made up to 30 July 2005                                             15 August 2005
Form 288a - Appointment of J Tozer                                                15 August 2005
Printed Publications submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility
Report and Accounts 2005                                                          1 July 2005
Result of AGM - Resolutions passed at AGM 2005                                    1 August 2005
Circular re Tender Offer                                                          15 November 2005
Interim Report and Accounts for the half year to 31 October 2005                  19 January 2006
Report and Accounts 2006                                                          3 July 2006



19 July 2006




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