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 13 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   2025, 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                                          % of
              For &               Votes          Votes Total Available Votes
              Discretionary %     Against   %                voting    Withheld
                                                             rights*

Resolution 1  16,737,765    91.28 1,599,684 8.72 18,337,449  43.14     1,978

Resolution 2  18,208,362    99.46 99,689    0.54 18,308,051  43.07     31,376

Resolution 3  18,321,997    99.92 15,452    0.08 18,337,449  43.14     1,978

Resolution 4  18,252,577    99.71 52,570    0.29 18,305,147  43.06     34,280

Resolution 5  18,229,542    99.58 75,998    0.42 18,305,540  43.06     33,887

Resolution 6  18,252,438    99.72 51,370    0.28 18,303,808  43.06     35,619

Resolution 7  18,237,705    99.64 66,470    0.36 18,304,175  43.06     35,252

Resolution 8  18,218,252    99.54 83,597    0.46 18,301,849  43.06     37,578

Resolution 9  16,693,045    99.75 42,405    0.25 16,735,450  39.37     1,603,977

Resolution 10 18,284,472    99.85 28,251    0.15 18,312,723  43.08     26,704

Resolution 11 18,260,721    99.62 69,164    0.38 18,329,885  43.12     9,542

Resolution 12 18,225,513    99.45 100,611   0.55 18,326,124  43.11     13,303

Resolution 13 17,951,046    97.89 386,029   2.11 18,337,075  43.14     2,352

*Available Voting Rights (exc. Treasury) equals 42,507,792

19 June 2025