Closed period

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the 'Company')

Closed Period Notification

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PXALXKUMU9JM18

Information disclosed in accordance with MAR Article 19, paragraph 11

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its annual financial results for the year ended 31st July 2019 has previously been, and will continue to be, notified to the London Stock Exchange ('LSE') via a regulatory information service. Therefore the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.

The mandatory closed period under MAR will commence on 30th August 2019 and will last until the annual financial results in respect of the year ended 31st July 2019 are published, which is expected on or around 14th October 2019.

If in the period leading up to the announcement of the annual financial results the Directors of the Company come into the possession of any inside information, this will be notified to the London Stock Exchange without delay and before any such transactions are undertaken.

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

1st August 2019

For further information, please contact:

Lucy Dina

JPMorgan Funds Limited

020 7742 4000