BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc – Director/PDMR Shareholding

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc

(LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082)
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

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|1 |Details of the person |
| |discharging managerial |
| |responsibilities / person |
| |closely associated |
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|a)|Name |Angela Lane |
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|2 |Reason for the notification |
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|a)|Position/status |Non-Executive Director |
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|b)|Initial |Initial notification |
| |notification/Amendment | |
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|3 |Details of the issuer, |
| |emission allowance market |
| |participant, auction |
| |platform, auctioneer or |
| |auction monitor |
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|a)|Name |BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc |
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|b)|LEI |549300MS535KC2WH4082 |
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|4 |Details of the |
| |transaction(s): section to be |
| |repeated for (i) each type of |
| |instrument; |
| | |
| |(ii) each type of |
| |transaction; (iii) each date; |
| |and (iv) each place where |
| |transactions have been |
| |conducted |
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|a)|Description of the financial|Ordinary shares of 25p each (shares) |
| |instrument, type of |GB0006436108 |
| |instrument | |
| | | |
| |Identification code | |
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|b)|Nature of the transaction |New shares issued in connection with a scheme|
| | |of reconstruction of BlackRock Throgmorton |
| | |Trust plc. |
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|c)|Price(s) and volume(s) | |
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| | ||Price(s) |Volume(s)| |
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| | ||£12.7298 per share|4,646 | |
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|d)|Aggregated information |  n/a (single transaction – see above) |
| |- Aggregated volume | |
| |- Price | |
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|e)|Date of the transaction |2026-04-16 |
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|f)|Place of the transaction |London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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