London Stock Exchange Announcement

The Global Smaller Companies Trust plc

(the 'Company')

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

Information disclosed in accordance with Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') Article 19, paragraph 11

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its results for the year ended 31 October 2023 has previously been, and will continue to be, notified via a regulatory information service. Therefore the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.

The mandatory closed period under MAR will commence on 14 November 2023 and will expire when the results in respect of the half year ended 31 October 2023 are published, which is expected to be on or around 15 December 2023.

If in the period leading up to the announcement of the annual results the Directors of the Company come into the possession of any inside information, this will be notified to the London Stock Exchange without delay and before any such transactions are undertaken.

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary

1 November 2023

For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Latter

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited

Telephone: 020 7464 5000