Result of AGM

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, 27 June 2012, we are
pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed,
including ordinary resolution 7 and special resolutions 8 and 9 as
special business of the Company:

(Res. 7) To grant the Directors authority to allot shares
(Res. 8) To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect
of issues of new shares or the sale of shares out of treasury.
(Res. 9) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company's shares for
cancellation or to be held in treasury.

In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for
inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:

Resolution 1: 100.00%
Resolution 2:  99.49%
Resolution 3: 100.00%
Resolution 4:  99.97%
Resolution 5:  99.59%
Resolution 6:  99.97%
Resolution 7:  98.84%
Resolution 8:  98.78%
Resolution 9:  99.19%


27 June 2012