The Board of Directors of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Graham Paterson as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. Mr. Paterson is currently a non-executive director of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc and Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc. He is also non-executive chairman of Datactics Limited and was previously non-executive chairman of Octopus 4 VCT plc.