BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC Regulatory News (BRSC)

BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

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London, December 14

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc GBP 0.25(2). Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )Other (please specify) : ( ) 

(3). Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Royal London Asset Management Limited(4). Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Registered Shareholder: HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd Nominal: 1,827,894 (3.8177%)(5). Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v): 13 December 2016(6). Date on which issuer notified: 14 December 2016(7). Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 4%(8). Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN code): GB0006436108Situation previous to the triggering transaction(vi): Number of Shares: 2,004,951 Number of Voting rights(viii): 2,004,951Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii): Number of shares: Direct: 1,827,894 Number of voting rights (ix): Direct (x): 1,827,894 Indirect (xi): N/A% of voting rights: Direct: 3.8177% Indirect: N/AB. Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii):Type of financial instrument: Expiration date (xiii): Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xiv): Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted:% of voting rights:C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Instruments (xv), (xvi)Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:Type of financial instrument: Exercise Price: Expiration date (xvii): Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xviii): Number of voting rights instrument refers to:% of voting rights (xix) (xx): 

Nominal: Delta:Total (A + B + C):Number of voting rights: 1,827,894% of voting rights: 3.8177%(9). Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): 

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Proxy Voting:(10). Name of the proxy holder: N/A(11). Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A(12). Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A

(13). Additional information:(14). Contact name: Ms S Beynsberger For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Secretary(15). Contact telephone number: 020 7743 263914 December 2016