Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 0378O

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

05 October 2012

 

5 October 2012

STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

Issue of equity

The Board of Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that on 5 October 2012, 4,679 new Ordinary 25p Shares were issued following elections by holders of the Company's 3.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock 2018 ("CULS") to convert GBP 11,111 nominal of CULS. The Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.

The new Ordinary shares were issued under the Company's Ordinary share block listing facility.

Following this issue of shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 65,004,584 with each ordinary share holding one voting right.  There is also GBP 24,923,960 nominal of CULS in issue.

Enquiries

Gordon Humphries

Head of Investment Companies

Standard Life Investments

Tel. [phone]

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