Compliance with Model Code

RNS Number : 1400L

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

07 January 2016

 

7 January 2016

STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC ("the Company")

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of the Half -Yearly Financial Report, has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ("RIS") and that the Company is thereby exempted from the provisions of the Model Code in relation to closed periods for any dealings referred to in Listing Rule 15.5.1(3).

In so stating the Company has regard to;

1)   the announcement on  6 January 2016 of the month end Net Asset Values per share as at close of business on 31 December 2015.

2)   The announcement on 6 January 2016 of the daily Net Asset Values per share as at close of business on 5 January 2016.

3)   the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on 6 January 2016 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Half -Yearly Financial Report,

4)   the Company's practice of calculating Net Asset Values per share each business day and the announcement of these Net Asset Values to an RIS,

5)   there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities, and

6)   there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio.

This announcement is issued pursuant to paragraph 15.5.1 of the FCA Listing Rules as amended with effect from 28 September 2007.

 

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