Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

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 30 April 2026 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 22 May 2026 and will expire when the results in respect of the year ended 30 April 2026 are published, which is expected to be during the week commencing 29 June 2026.

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 May 2026

For further information, please contact:

Ian Ridge

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited

Telephone: 020 7464 5000