Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLCLSE: SMT

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

In a notice dated October 5, 2026, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC reported buying 500,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1,619.98p per share. The company will hold these shares in treasury, meaning it keeps them rather than cancelling them.

Key details

  • After the purchase, 439,904,022 shares are held in treasury.
  • Shares in issue excluding treasury shares total 1,044,876,858. Shareholders may use this figure to work out whether they must disclose their holdings under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, the UK financial regulator).

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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (SMT)

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800G37DCS3Q9IJM38

Purchase of Own Securities

On 05 October 2026, the Company announces the purchase of 500,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1,619.98p. The shares purchased will be held in Treasury.

Following the transaction there will be 439,904,022 shares held in Treasury.

The shares in issue less the total number of shares in Treasury are 1,044,876,858.

The above figure (1,044,876,858) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

05 October 2026

Regulated Information Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

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