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 85,698 ordinary shares at 223.4504p per share on October 19, 2026. The shares will be held in treasury, meaning the company keeps them rather than cancelling them.

Key details

  • Following the purchase, the company has 410,375,045 ordinary shares in issue, of which 73,089,299 are held in treasury.
  • Total voting rights attaching to ordinary shares in issue are 337,285,746; shareholders should use this figure when calculating their interests in the company.

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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90

19 October 2026

THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

(the 'Company')

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that it repurchased 85,698 ordinary shares at 223.4504p per share on 19 October 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

73,089,299

Total Voting Rights attaching to ordinary shares in issue

337,285,746

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 call:

Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 020 7818 1818

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