Jupiter US Smaller Companies plc (the 'Company')
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300HKKL9K1NY4TW55
Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that it has purchased 130,000 of its Ordinary shares at 852.675 pence per share to be held in treasury.
Following this purchase the issued share capital of the Company is 18,223,413 Ordinary shares, of which 2,008,456 are held in treasury.
For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of 16,214,957 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Richard Pavry
Head of Investment Trusts
Jupiter Asset Management Limited, Company Secretary
020 3817 1496
27 February 2018