The following amendment(s) has (have) been made to the 'Transaction in Own Shares' announcement released on 11 January 2024 at 16:52 under RNS No 4475Z.

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 110,692,280 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 509,841,490 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 509,841,490. The above figure (509,841,490) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below.

11 January 2024

THE GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

In accordance with Listing Rule 12.4.6, The Global Smaller Companies Trust plc (the 'Company') announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each on the London Stock Exchange through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited.

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 110,692,280 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 509,841,490 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 509,841,490. The above figure (509,841,490) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Alina Hales

For and on behalf of Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary

Telephone: 020 7464 5000