REG-BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

Blackrock Smaller Companies TrustAnnouncement

Yesterday 18:45

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (‘the Company’)                    
                     LEI – 549300MS535KC2WH4082                    
          
                                 Transaction in own shares: purchase of own
shares to be held in treasury                               
          
          The Company announces that it has today purchased 40,000 of its
Ordinary Shares at an average price of 1,335.00 pence per share to be held in
treasury.          
          
          Following settlement of this purchase on 24 October 2025 the issued
share capital of the Company will be 40,579,792 Ordinary Shares, excluding
9,413,731 shares which are held in treasury.                     Shares held
in treasury do not carry any voting rights; 18.83% of the Company’s total
issued share capital (49,993,523 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares)
will be held in treasury following settlement.          
          
          For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and
should use the figure of 40,579,792 following settlement when determining if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest
in the Company.          
          
          All enquiries:

Graham Venables            

Company Secretary          
          BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited          
          Tel: 0203                     649                     3432

 

22 October 2025

 

 

 Release  (https://mb.cision.com/Main/22402/4254974/3738643.pdf)  



Copyright (c) 2025 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved