ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT")
Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above
company - calculated using a bid pricing basis for the
securities held on the company's portfolio - as at the close of
business on 17 July 2008 were:-
Excluding Current Year Revenue = 579.98p
Including ALL Revenue = 594.50p
As at 17 July 2008, ASCoT held 98 investments, the largest of
which represented 4.1% of investable assets. The market value
of investments was £614.8m and total Shareholders' Funds were
£576.1m. Details of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's
sectoral composition and other general information can be found
on the Aberforth website at http://www.aberforth.co.uk.
ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up
to 13.9% of Shareholders' Funds. Current gearing is 6.7%.
The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is
96,900,000.
Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with
the first interim announced each July and paid in September and
the second interim announced each January and paid in February.
Contact - David Holland (Tel: 0131 220 0733)
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 18 July 2008
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