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

On 21 October 2026, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC bought 750,000 of its own ordinary shares at a price of 1,562.28p (pence) each, to be held in treasury, meaning the company keeps them rather than cancelling them.

Key details

  • After the purchase, 448,419,022 shares are held in treasury.
  • Shares in issue, not counting those held in treasury, total 1,036,361,858.
  • Shareholders may use 1,036,361,858 as the total when working out whether they must report their holding, or a change in it, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority, the UK financial regulator).

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On 6ix: 6ix.com/news/transaction-in-own-shares-2087

Scottish Mortgage Inv Tst PLC
21 October 2026
 

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (SMT)

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800G37DCS3Q9IJM38

Purchase of Own Securities

On 21 October 2026, the Company announces the purchase of 750,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1,562.28p. The shares purchased will be held in Treasury.

Following the transaction there will be 448,419,022 shares held in Treasury.

The shares in issue less the total number of shares in Treasury are 1,036,361,858.

The above figure (1,036,361,858) 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

21 October 2026

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

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