European Smaller Companies Trust PLCLSE: ESCT

European Smaller Companies Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by European Smaller Companies Trust PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC repurchased 500,000 ordinary shares at 222.9897p per share on November 2, 2026. The shares will be held in treasury, meaning the company keeps them rather than cancelling them.

Key details

  • After the purchase, the company has 410,375,045 ordinary shares in issue, of which 74,984,299 are held in treasury.
  • Total voting rights attaching to ordinary shares in issue are 335,390,746, the figure shareholders should use when calculating their interests in the company.

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European Smaller Companies Tst PLC
02 November 2026
 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED 

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC  

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90 

2 November 2026

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

(the ‘Company’)

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that it repurchased 500,000 ordinary shares at 222.9897p per share on 2 November 2026. The shares will be held in treasury.             

Following this transaction, the Company’s share capital is:  

Number of ordinary shares in issue

410,375,045

Number of ordinary shares held in treasury

74,984,299

Total Voting Rights attaching to ordinary shares in issue

335,390,746

The Total Voting Rights figure above should be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation of interests in the Company.             

For further information please contact: 

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited 

Corporate Secretary 

Telephone: 020 7818 1818 

E-mail: [email protected]  

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