Annual Report and Accounts

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
20 February 2004


News Release
20 February 2004

Shires Smaller Companies plc

Notification of Submission of Documents to the UK Listing Authority

Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2003, Notice of Annual
General Meeting on 19 March 2004 and Proxy Cards for use thereto.

Shires Smaller Companies plc hereby gives notice under paragraph 9.31 of the
Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority that copies of the above documents
have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available
for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

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Shires Smaller Companies plc is managed by Glasgow Investment Managers Limited.






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