Transaction in Own Shares

European Smaller Companies Tst PLC

26 March 2024

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90

26 March 2024

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

(the 'Company')

Market purchase by the Company of its own shares

Notification is given that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 28 November 2023 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 250,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 168.97p per share. The purchased shares will be cancelled.  

Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will be 400,071,188 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, with voting rights totalling the same. Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. No shares are held in Treasury.

For further information, please call:

Colleen Sutcliffe Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: [phone]	Ollie Beckett Fund Manager The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC Telephone: [phone]
Dan Howe Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: [phone]	Harriet Hall PR Director, Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: [phone]

 

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