European Smaller Companies Trust PLCLSE: ESCT

European Smaller Companies Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

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Summary by 6ix AI

The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC bought 207,374 of its own ordinary shares on the market on October 7, 2026 at 227.4397 pence per share. The shares will be held in treasury, meaning the company keeps them rather than cancelling them.

Key details

  • The purchase was made under authority granted at the company's Annual General Meeting on November 24, 2025, which allows market purchases of up to a maximum of 14.99% of its ordinary shares.
  • Issued ordinary share capital will continue to be 410,375,045 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, of which 72,077,996 (17.56% of issued share capital) are held in treasury and have no voting rights.
  • The total number of voting rights in the company is now 338,297,049, with one vote for every share held, and shareholders should use this figure for disclosure notifications under UK shareholding disclosure rules (DTR 5).

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90

7 October 2026

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 24 November 2025 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 207,374 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 227.4397 pence per share. These shares will be held in treasury.

Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will continue to be 410,375,045 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, of which 72,077,996 (17.56%) of issued share capital) are held in treasury and have no voting rights.

Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As treasury shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 338,297,049. Shareholders should use this figure for notifications in keeping with the provisions of DTR 5.

For further information, please call:

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

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