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<title>General Blocklisting return</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has reported its six-monthly return for a general block listing, indicating that as of March 30, 2026, there were 8,669,921 unallotted securities remaining under the scheme. This balance is unchanged from the previous return, as no new securities were added to the block scheme and no securities were issued or allotted during the period from September 23, 2025, to March 30, 2026.
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<title>Net Asset Value(s)</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Net Asset Value(s).</description>
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<title>Top 10 holdings & Geographical distribution</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has reported its top 10 holdings as of February 28, 2026, with Lloyds Banking Group Plc valued at £58,868,795 (5.20%) and GSK Plc at £53,350,000 (4.72%) being the largest. The company's total gross assets stand at £1,131,151,796. As of January 31, 2026, the geographical distribution of investments shows a significant concentration in the United Kingdom at 96.02% (£1,045,398,953), with Europe ex-UK accounting for the remaining 3.98% (£43,375,106).
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<title>Closed Period</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has announced that it is satisfied that all inside information regarding its annual financial results for the year ended 31 January 2026 has been, and will continue to be, notified to the London Stock Exchange. Consequently, the company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this closed period, which will last until the results are published. Any new inside information acquired by directors before the results announcement will be promptly notified to the </description>
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<title>Top 10 holdings & geographical distribution</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has reported its top 10 holdings as of January 31, 2026, with Lloyds Banking Group Plc valued at £65,642,588 (5.94%) and GSK Plc at £47,931,800 (4.34%) being the largest. The company's total gross assets stand at £1,104,170,534, with 96.29% of its investments, amounting to £1,016,518,049, located in the United Kingdom, and the remaining 3.71% (£39,179,555) in Europe ex-UK. The total stock value is £1,055,697,604, representing 100% of investments.
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<title>Top 10 Holdings & Geographical Distribution</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC reported its top 10 holdings as of December 31, 2025, with total gross assets amounting to £1,046,400,394. The largest holding was Lloyds Banking Group Plc valued at £59,298,646, representing 5.67% of the portfolio, followed by GSK Plc at £52,089,475 (4.98%) and Rio Tinto Plc at £41,052,050 (3.92%). Geographically, 96.43% of investments were in the United Kingdom, totaling £982,238,086, with the remaining 3.57% (£36,399,284) in Europe ex-UK, primarily France. The total stock </description>
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<title>Dividend Declaration</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has announced its third interim dividend for the year ending 31 January 2026, declaring a payment of 7.40p per Ordinary Share, an increase from the 7.30p paid in the prior year. This dividend will be payable on 19 March 2026 to shareholders on record as of 6 February 2026, with a Dividend Reinvestment Plan available for elections by 20 February 2026.
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<title>Total Voting Rights</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has announced its voting rights and capital structure as of December 2, 2025. The company's issued share capital comprises 148,424,887 ordinary shares of 25p, each with one voting right, and 1,178,000 units of 3.65% cumulative preference stock of £1, also with one voting right each. A total of 792,017 ordinary shares are held in treasury and carry no voting rights. Consequently, the total number of voting rights in the company is 148,810,870, which shareholders can use as a d</description>
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<title>Transaction in Own Shares</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC has purchased 17,112 ordinary shares at an average price of 567.47 pence per share, with the lowest price paid being 566.00 pence and the highest 569.00 pence. These shares will be held in treasury, reducing the outstanding number of ordinary shares to 147,632,870. The total number of voting rights in the company, including preference stock, is now 148,810,870, which shareholders can use as a denominator for regulatory disclosure calculations.
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<title>QuotedData's In The HotSeat</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Merchants Trust PLC is announcing that Simon Gergel will be interviewed on QuotedData's "In The HotSeat" webinar on November 14, 2025, at 11 am. The webinar will discuss weekly news from the investment companies sector and allow viewers to ask questions. This event is part of QuotedData's ongoing series of webinars and content aimed at providing information on London-listed investment companies.
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<title>Half-year Report</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The Merchants Trust PLC reported a net asset value (NAV) total return of 5.4% for the first half of 2025, lagging the FTSE All-Share Index return of 7.5%. The company's total income from the portfolio increased by 2.5% to £28.8 million, resulting in earnings per share rising by 3.5% to 17.7p. The Board declared a second interim dividend of 7.3p per share, bringing the total dividend for the first half of the year to 14.6p, a 0.7% increase year-on-year. The net asset value per ordinary share with</description>
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<title>Block listing Interim Review</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The Merchants Trust PLC reported a block listing six-monthly return on September 22, 2025. The reporting period spans from March 23, 2025, to September 22, 2025. The balance of unallotted securities under the general block listing scheme from the previous return was 8,669,921. The block scheme has not been increased since the last return, with an increase of 0. During the period, no securities were issued or allotted under the scheme. Consequently, the balance under the scheme not yet issued or </description>
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<title>HSBC HOLDINGS PLC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS TENDER OFFERS FOR FOUR SERIES OF NOTES</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>HSBC Holdings plc (the 'Company', 'we' or 'us') today announces the results of its previously announced four separate offers to purchase for cash any and all of the outstanding series of notes listed in the table below. We refer to the outstanding notes listed in the table below collectively as the 'Notes' and separately as a 'series' of Notes. We refer to each offer to purchase a series of Notes as an 'Offer', and collectively as the 'Offers'.</description>
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<title>Closed period</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The Merchants Trust PLC announced on August 26, 2025, that it is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities because all inside information up to the half year ended July 31, 2025, has been or will be disclosed. The closed period, during which the company refrains from dealing in its own securities, will continue until the half-year results are published, expected around September 24, 2025. Any new inside information obtained before the half-year results announcement will be immediately di</description>
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<title>Top 10 Holdings</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Top 10 Holdings.</description>
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<title>Geographical Distribution</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Geographical Distribution.</description>
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<title>Director/PDMR Shareholding</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Director/PDMR Shareholding.</description>
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<title>Directorate Change</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Directorate Change.</description>
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<title>Company Secretary Change</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 08:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Company Secretary Change.</description>
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<title>Result of AGM</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Result of AGM.</description>
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