Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

                
                          Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc

Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares

The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc ("ASCoT") hereby gives
notification that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General
Meeting of the Company held on 5 March 2026 to make market purchases of the
Company's own shares, a market purchase of 15,000 Ordinary shares of the Company
was made on 28 May 2026, at a price of 1,617.6667p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 77,884,605 Ordinary
shares will remain in issue. A total of 1,164,500 Ordinary shares have been
purchased and cancelled under the above authority.

For further information contact: Michael Campbell, Aberforth Partners LLP,

telephone: 0131 220 0733.

Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries

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