Result of AGM

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc
(LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082)

Results of AGM

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held today, all 17 resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 28 February   2026, which has previously been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The results of the poll were as follows:

	Votes For & Discretionary	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of Available voting rights*	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	20,081,564	99.88	24,127	0.12	20,105,691	33.33	17,891
Resolution 2	19,959,421	99.50	99,500	0.50	20,058,921	33.25	64,661
Resolution 3	19,957,798	99.45	111,240	0.55	20,069,038	33.27	54,544
Resolution 4	20,080,977	99.88	24,623	0.12	20,105,600	33.33	17,982
Resolution 5	19,822,698	98.71	258,806	1.29	20,081,504	33.29	42,078
Resolution 6	19,783,102	98.51	298,494	1.49	20,081,596	33.29	41,986
Resolution 7	19,829,476	98.76	249,620	1.24	20,079,096	33.28	44,486
Resolution 8	19,779,247	98.50	301,969	1.50	20,081,216	33.29	42,366
Resolution 9	19,779,085	98.50	302,131	1.50	20,081,216	33.29	42,366
Resolution 10	20,031,012	99.75	50,124	0.25	20,081,136	33.29	42,466
Resolution 11	20,029,792	99.74	51,344	0.26	20,081,136	33.29	42,466
Resolution 12	18,224,763	90.74	1,859,327	9.26	20,084,090	33.29	39,492
Resolution 13	20,062,734	99.85	30,209	0.15	20,092,943	33.30	33,639
Resolution 14	19,885,259	99.17	166,990	0.83	20,052,249	33.24	71,295
Resolution 15	20,019,181	99.63	73,978	0.37	20,093,159	33.31	29,948
Resolution 16	20,005,771	99.59	82,708	0.41	20,088,479	33.30	35,103
Resolution 17	20,068,742	99.81	37,226	0.19	20,105,968	33.33	17,614

*Available Voting Rights (exc. Treasury) equals 60,330,371

17 June 2026

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