Result of AGM

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
03 November 2005


                     RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


The board are pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 3
November 2005, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.

The proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions put to the Annual General
Meeting are shown in the following table:

          Ordinary Resolutions                                          For   Against Discretion     Votes         Total
                                                                                                  Withheld    (excluding
                                                                                                                   Votes
                                                                                                               Withheld)

        1 Adoption of 2005 report and financial statements       20,737,063     1,340     30,063   336,723    20,768,466
        2 Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report             20,703,205    15,968     38,369   352,213    20,757,542
        3 Declaration of final dividend                          20,734,524       977     37,531   336,723    20,773,032
        4 Election of David Woods                                20,726,065     4,381     41,381   337,928    20,771,827
        5 Re-elect Donald MacDonald                              20,701,481    32,176     38,667   337,431    20,772,324
        6 Re-elect Neil Dunn                                     20,716,880     9,253     43,537   340,085    20,769,670
        7 Re-elect Micky Ingall                                  20,710,707    19,027     37,971   337,128    20,767,705
        8 Re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditors            20,702,780    20,726     44,604   336,723    20,768,110
        9 Authorisation of directors to fix the remuneration of  20,724,153     4,466     41,456   339,680    20,770,075
          the auditors

          Special Resolutions                                           For   Against Discretion   Abstain  Total (excl.
                                                                                                                   Votes
                                                                                                                Withheld

       10 Share buyback authority                                20,718,902     7,475     46,655   336,723    20,773,032



PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER ORDINARY AND SPECIAL BUSINESS

A copy of the above document will be submitted shortly to the UK Listing
Authority and will 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

For Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
Edinburgh Fund Managers plc
Secretary


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