GARTMORE SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST p.l.c.

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

Pursuant to the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2 the following summarises
the information that has been published or made available to the public by the
Company since the last annual information update was released on 13 December
2007. Please note that some of this information may be out of date.

1. Announcements via a Regulatory Information Service (RIS):

    Regulatory Information Service announcements can be viewed at or downloaded
    via the internet from http://dev.investegate.co.uk using EPIC code GSM.    

1.1 Net Asset Values:

    As far as possible the Company has announced daily the net asset value per 
    Ordinary share as at the close of the previous business day.               

1.2 Portfolio Updates:

    2 December 2008       also includes Total Voting Rights                    
                                                                               
    4 November 2008       also includes Total Voting Rights                    
                                                                               
    2 October 2008        also includes Total Voting Rights                    
                                                                               
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    3 January 2008                                                             

1.3 Transactions in own shares:

                            Class of share  Number of shares    Price per share
                                                   purchased                   
                                                                               
    6 March 2008                  Ordinary            20,000             475.0p

1.4 Holdings in Company:

    20 November 2008      Standard Life Investments Limited                    
                                                                               
    17 November 2008      Gartmore GO Dealing Limited                          
                                                                               
    9 October 2008        QVT Financial LP                                     
                                                                               
    9 October 2008        Deutsche Bank AG                                     
                                                                               
    1 October 2008        Wesleyan Assurance Society                           
                                                                               
    9 July 2008           JPMorgan Chase & Co.                                 
                                                                               
    5 June 2008           JPMorgan Chase & Co.                                 

1.5 Other Announcements:

    18 December 2008      Annual Report and Accounts (available at UKLA)       
                                                                               
    12 December 2008      Final results for the year ended 31 August 2008      
                                                                               
    20 November 2008      Update re. Proposed Merger                           
                                                                               
    10 November 2008      Statement re. Proposed Merger with Standard Life UK  
                          Smaller Companies Trust plc                          
                                                                               
    2 July 2008           Total Voting Rights                                  
                                                                               
    26 June 2008          Interim Management Statement                         
                                                                               
    16 April 2008         Correction: Half-yearly report                       
                                                                               
    15 April 2008         Half-yearly report for the six months to 29 February 
                          2008                                                 
                                                                               
    3 March 2008          Statement re. Compliance with Model Code             
                                                                               
    27 December 2007      Interim Management Statement                         
                                                                               
    13 December 2007      Annual Information Update                            

2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

    19 May 2008           Form 169 (Purchase of own shares)                    
                                                                               
    8 January 2008        Form 363s Annual Return made up to 11 December 2007  

    Documents filed with the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales can be
    obtained by contacting the Companies House Information Centre on 0870      
    3333636 or, for registered users, are available for download from the      
    Companies House website at www.direct.companies-house.gov.uk               

3. Printed Publications:

    The Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 August 2008 and the      
    Interim Report for the six months to 29 February 2008 are available from   
    the Company Secretary, Gartmore Investment Limited, Gartmore House, 8      
    Fenchurch Place, London EC3M 4PB or can be downloaded from                 
    www.gartmoresmallercostrust.co.uk and www.gartmore.co.uk                   

Other sources of information:

The Company's Ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the
price of these shares is published in the Financial Times under `Investment
Companies'. Real-time share price information is available on 09058 171 690.
Calls are charged at 75p per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other
telephone networks may be higher and from mobiles will be considerably more.

The Company's Net Asset Value is calculated daily and can be viewed on the
London Stock Exchange website at www.londonstockexchange.com and via a link
from the Company's web site at www.gartmoresmallercostrust.co.uk or Gartmore's
web site at www.gartmore.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from Gartmore Investment Limited as
follows:

Free investor helpline: 0800-289 336

Internet address: www.gartmore.co.uk

E-mail address: helpline@gartmore.com

Information on the Company is available on the Gartmore website, 
www.gartmore.co.uk.

The Company's discrete area on the site can be accessed via the "Fund range"
menu or directly using www.gartmoresmallercostrust.co.uk or 
www.gartmoresmallercostrust.com.

This information includes the latest annual and interim reports, fact sheets
and corporate governance documents such as committee terms of reference that
can be downloaded, together with access to the latest regulatory news
announcements and net asset values.

Gartmore Investment Limited

Company Secretary

19 December 2008



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