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On 30 June 2025, The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC purchased 20,000 of its own ordinary shares at 211p per share for treasury, under authority granted at its 25 November 2024 Annual General Meeting. Following this purchase, the Company holds 51,722,048 ordinary shares in treasury, representing 18.52% of its issued share capital, with total voting rights now standing at 227,524,156.
| Date | 30 Jun 2025 |
| Time | 17:47:59 |
| Category | Capital structure |
| ID | 0722P |
JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
30 June 2025
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 25 November 2024 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 20,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 211p per share. These shares will be held in treasury.
Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will continue to be 279,246,204 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, of which 51,722,048 (18.52% of the issued share capital) are held in treasury and have no voting rights.
Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As treasury shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 227,524,156. Shareholders should use this figure for notifications in keeping with the provisions of DTR 5.
For further information, please call:
Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited
Corporate Secretary
Telephone: 020 7818 1818
Harriet Hall
PR Director, Investment Trusts
Janus Henderson Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 2919