Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust PLCLSE: BRSC

Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust: Result of GM

Oct 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM EDT · Issued by BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC via PR Newswire

Summary by 6ix AI

At a General Meeting held on October 9, 2026, shareholders of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc passed a special resolution renewing the company's authority to buy back its shares.

Key details

The resolution authorises the company to make market purchases of its own shares, meaning buying them back on the stock market.
On a poll, 78,512,835 votes (99.82% of shares voted) were cast for the resolution, including discretionary votes, and 138,187 votes (0.18%) against.
Total votes cast were 78,651,022, representing 44.23% of issued share capital voted, and 27,795 votes were withheld. A withheld vote does not count as a vote for or against.
At the voting record time of 6.00 p.m. on October 7, 2026, the company had 298,692,605 shares in issue, of which 60,443,655 were held in treasury (shares the company holds itself).

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9 October 2026

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc

Result of General Meeting

LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082

The Board of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held today, the special resolution relating to the proposed renewal of the Company's authority to buy back Shares was duly passed by Shareholders.

Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the Resolution, which was voted on by way of poll, is set out below and will also be published on the Company's website at www.blackrock.com/uk/brsc.

Special Resolution		Votes For (including discretionary)		Votes Against		Total Votes(1)		Votes Withheld(2)
Special Resolution		Number	% of Shares voted	Number	% of Shares voted	Number	Proportion of issued Share capital voted (%)	Votes Withheld(2)
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Shares.		78,512,835	99.82	138,187	0.18	78,651,022	44.23	27,795

Notes:
1.	The number of Shares in issue as at the voting record time of 6.00 p.m. on 7 October 2026 (the "Voting Record Time") was 298,692,605 Shares, of which 60,443,655 Shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company at the Voting Record Time was 238,248,950 (representing 238,248,650 Shares, carrying one vote per Share held).
2.	A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" the Resolution.

The full text of the Resolution passed at the General Meeting can be found in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the circular published by the Company on 10 September 2026 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.blackrock.com/uk/brsc.

A copy of the Resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular, unless the context otherwise requires.

9 October 2026

Enquiries:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Sarah Beynsberger Graham Venables	+44 (0)20 7743 3000

Investec Bank plc (Financial adviser and Corporate Broker)	+44 (0)20 7597 4000
David Yovichic
Helen Goldmsith
Denis Flanagan

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