Global Smaller Companies Trust PLCLSE: GSCT

Global Smaller Companies Trust: Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

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Summary by 6ix AI

The Global Smaller Companies Trust plc said on 2 November 2026 that all inside information held by it and its Directors has been, and will continue to be, published through a regulatory news service, so it is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities ahead of its results for the six months ended 31 October 2026.

Key details

  • The mandatory closed period under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR, the rules on insider dealing and disclosure), a time when dealing is normally restricted, begins on November 9, 2026 and ends when the results for the six months ended 31 October 2026 are published.
  • If the Directors come into possession of any inside information before the results, the company says it will notify the London Stock Exchange without delay and before any such transactions are undertaken.

What’s still pending

  • The results for the six months ended 31 October 2026 are expected to be published during the week commencing December 14, 2026.

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Global Smaller Cos. Trust PLC (The)
02 November 2026
 

London Stock Exchange Announcement

The Global Smaller Companies Trust plc

(the ‘Company’)

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

Information disclosed in accordance with Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') Article 19, paragraph 11

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its results for the six months ended 31 October 2026 has previously been, and will continue to be, notified via a regulatory information service. Therefore, the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.

The mandatory closed period under MAR will commence on 9 November 2026 and will expire when the results in respect of the six months ended 31 October 2026 are published, which is expected to be during the week commencing 14 December 2026.

If in the period leading up to the announcement of these results the Directors of the Company come into the possession of any inside information, this will be notified to the London Stock Exchange without delay and before any such transactions are undertaken.

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary

2 November 2026

For further information, please contact:

Ian Ridge

Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited

Telephone: 020 7464 5000

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