Net Asset Value(s)

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT")


Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above
company - calculated using a bid pricing basis for the
securities held on the company's portfolio - as at the close of
business on 30 June 2009 were:-

Excluding Current Year Revenue = 502.62p

Including ALL Revenue = 512.77p

As at 30 June 2009, ASCoT held 92 investments, the largest of
which represented 3.4% of investable assets.  The market value
of investments was £542.1m and total Shareholders' Funds were
£496.9m. Details of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's
sectoral composition and other general information can be found
on the Aberforth website at http://www.aberforth.co.uk.

ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up
to 16.1% of Shareholders' Funds.  Current gearing is 9.1%.

The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is
96,900,000.

Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with
the first interim announced each July and paid in August and the
second interim announced each January and paid in February.

The Company confirms that all information required under Listing
Rule 15.5.1(4) has been notified to a Regulated Information
Service.

Contact - David Holland (Tel: [phone])
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 1 July 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS