REG - European Smaller Co. - Transaction in Own Shares

European Smaller Companies TrustAnnouncement

15/04/2024 17:30

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RNS Number : 6947K  European Smaller Companies Tst PLC  15 April 2024

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

 

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90

15 April 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 27 November 2023 to make market
purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a
market purchase of 179,222 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was
made today at a price of 170.56p per share. The shares purchased will be
cancelled.

Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will
be 398,706,048 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: 020 7818 5919

 

Dan Howe

Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 4458

 

Harriet Hall

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2919

 

 

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