Mercantile Investment Trust PLCLSE: MRC

Mercantile Investment Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

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Summary by 6ix AI

The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC repurchased 500,000 of its ordinary shares at 270.75 pence per share on October 22, 2026, and is holding them in treasury, meaning the company keeps the shares itself instead of cancelling them.

Key details

  • After the purchase, the company holds 327,433,989 ordinary shares in treasury.
  • Shares in issue, not counting treasury shares, total 617,058,191.
  • The company says it will only re-issue treasury shares at a premium to net asset value, meaning at a price above the value of its underlying assets per share.

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On 6ix: 6ix.com/news/transaction-in-own-shares-2195

Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC
22 October 2026
 

THE MERCANTILE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the ‘Company’)

REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES INTO TREASURY

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300BGX3CJIHLP2H42

The Company has today repurchased into Treasury 500,000 Ordinary shares at 270.75 pence per share.

Following the transaction, the Company holds 327,433,989 Ordinary shares in Treasury. The shares in issue less the total number of Treasury shares is 617,058,191.

The Company will only re-issue shares held in Treasury at a premium to net asset value.          

22nd October 2026    

For further information, please contact:

Sachu Saji

JPMorgan Funds Limited

0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44 70)

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