Directorate Change

Shires Smaller Companies PLC
13 August 2004


13 August 2004


                        Shires Smaller Companies PLC



Michael W Balfour resigned as a non executive director of Shires Smaller
Companies plc with effect from 12 August 2004, following his recent appointment
as Chief Executive of Glasgow Investment Managers Limited, the Company's
managers and secretaries.





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



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