Annual Information Update as at 31/12/07

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC

Annual information update

The following disclosure of information which has been published or made
available to the public by the company during the financial year to 31 December
2007 is made in accordance with the requirements of Prospectus rule 5.2.

Some of the information referred to below related to specific dates and may now
be out of date.

The information, which was released via FirstSight, can be found on
www.londonstockexchange.com. The Company's net asset value was also released on
a weekly basis and these announcements have not been included in the list below.

Information released through RNS

Date               Announcement
31 December 2007   Total Voting Rights as at 31
                   December 2007
19 December 2007   Holding in Company
31 October 2007    Holding in Company
12 October 2007    Director Shareholding
10 October 2007    Director Shareholding
8 October 2007     Director Shareholding
6 October 2007     Director Shareholding
2 October 2007     Top Ten Investments as at 30
                   September 2007
17 September 2007  Director Shareholding
6 September 2007   Director Shareholding
25 July 2007       2007 Interim Report lodged with
                   UKLA
21 July 2007       Director Shareholding
20 July 2007       Director Shareholding
19 July 2007       Half-yearly report
10 July 2007       Notice of Results
3 July 2007        Top Ten Investments as at 30 June
                   2007
22 June 2007       Holding in Company
19 June 2007       Holding in Company
25 April 2007      Holding in Company
21 April 2007      Director Shareholding
12 April 2007      Director Shareholding
3 April 2007       Top Ten Investments as at 31 March
                   2007
14 March 2007      Holding in Company
8 March 2007       Director Shareholding
2 March 2007       Result of AGM
9 February 2007    Director Shareholding
9 February 2007    Director Shareholding
2 February 2007    Holding in Company
30 January 2007    2006 Annual Report lodged with
                   UKLA
27 January 2007    Director Shareholding
24 January 2007    Holding in Company
23 January 2007    Director Shareholding
23 January 2007    Director Shareholding
23 January 2007    Final Results
19 January 2007    Annual Information Update
18 January 2007    Notice of Results
3 January 2007     Top Ten Investments as at 31
                   December 2006



Information filed with the Registrar of Companies

Filing date         Description

21 August 2007      Annual Return
21 August 2007      Location of the Register of Members
19 July 2007        Change of Address for a Director
2 March 2007        Signed 2006 Annual Report & Accounts
2 March 2007        Resolutions passed at the 2007 AGM

Documents filed with the UK Listing Authority
The following documents are available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf,
LONDON, E14 5HS

Date sent                Document
25 July 2007             Interim Report for the six months ended 30 June 2007
2 March 2007             Resolutions passed at the 2007 Annual General Meeting
30 January 2007          Annual Report & Accounts for year ended 31 December 2006
30 January 2007          Notice of the 2007 Annual General Meeting


The Interim and Annual Reports are also available on the Manager's website
www.aberforth.co.uk. The website also carries monthly factsheets and other
investor information.

Contact for enquiries please contact:
David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries
31 December 2007