Glb Sml Co Trst Regulatory News (GSCT)

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

THE GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

(the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

Information disclosed in accordance with LR 9.6.18

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were voted on by Poll and passed. In addition, the following items of Special Business were also voted on by Poll and passed which:

i) allow the Directors of the Company to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,299,973, representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of the resolution;

ii) allow the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the allotment of new ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,299,973;

iii) allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 77,946,388 ordinary shares, representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital;

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2023, copies of which are available on the Company's website globalsmallercompanies.co.uk The Annual Report is also available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

A copy of the poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website globalsmallercompanies.co.uk

28 July 2023

For further information please contact:

Jonathan Latter

For and on behalf of Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary

Telephone: 020 7628 8000