Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust PLCLSE: BRSC

Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC via PR Newswire

Summary by 6ix AI

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc bought 75,000 of its Ordinary Shares on October 15, 2026, at an average price of 270.50 pence per share. It will hold them in treasury, meaning the company keeps the shares itself and they carry no voting rights.

Key details

  • After settlement of this purchase, the company's issued share capital will be 237,798,950 Ordinary Shares, excluding 60,893,655 shares held in treasury.
  • After settlement, 20.39% of the company's total issued share capital of 298,692,605 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares, will be held in treasury.
  • Under the disclosure rules of the FCA (the UK's Financial Conduct Authority), shareholders should use the figure of 237,798,950 shares after settlement when working out whether they must report their holding, or a change to it.

What’s still pending

  • Settlement of the purchase is due on October 19, 2026.

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BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (‘the Company’)
LEI – 549300MS535KC2WH4082

Transaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury

The Company announces that it has today purchased 75,000 of its Ordinary Shares at an average price of 270.50 pence per share to be held in treasury.

Following settlement of this purchase on 19 October 2026 the issued share capital of the Company will be 237,798,950 Ordinary Shares, excluding 60,893,655 shares which are held in treasury. Shares held in treasury do not carry any voting rights; 20.39% of the Company’s total issued share capital (298,692,605 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) will be held in treasury following settlement.

For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of 237,798,950 following settlement when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.

All enquiries:


Graham Venables  

Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: 0203 649 3432

15 October 2026



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