Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares
The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (“ASCoTâ€) hereby gives notification that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 1 March 2018 to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares, a market purchase of 34,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made today, 10 April 2018, at a price of 1311.592p per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 92,075,158 Ordinary shares will remain in issue. A total of 627,479 Ordinary shares have been purchased and cancelled under the above authority.
For further information contact: David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP,
telephone: 0131 220 0733.
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries – 10 April 2018
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