Result of EGM

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc
20 November 2006



                    RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING


Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC (the 'Company') hereby gives notification
that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, 20
November 2006, Resolution No. 1, as set out in full in the Notice of Meeting
contained in the circular which was sent to shareholders on 11 October 2006, was
duly passed as a special resolution.



The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:




                         FOR                 AGAINST             DISCRETION           WITHHELD                 TOTAL
                                                                                               (excludes votes withheld)
  Resolution      Votes         %        Votes       %        Votes       %
                              Votes              Votes Cast             Votes
                              Cast                                       Cast          Votes                    Votes
      1        21,504,707     95.42     897,272     3.98     136,042     0.60          49,137                22,538,021



A copy of Resolution No. 1 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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