SLS.L Regulatory News (SLS)

3 July 2019

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 (as defined by Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014/EU)) which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of the Annual Financial Report, has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ("RIS").

In so stating, the Company has regard to;

1) the announcement on 3 July 2019 of the month end Net Asset Values per share as at close of business on 30 June 2019;

2) the announcement on 3 July 2019 of the daily Net Asset Values per share as at close of business on 2 July 2019;

3) the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on 3 July 2019 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Annual 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5) there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities; and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.