JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK
LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST
PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER:
213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
7 October 2024
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES
TRUST PLC
(the
'Company')
Market purchase by the Company
of its own shares
Notification is given that, pursuant
to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the
Company held on 27 November 2023 to make market purchases of the
Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market
purchase of 173,034 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company
was made today at a price of 176.99p per share. These shares will
be held in treasury.
Following the above purchase, the
Company's issued ordinary share capital will continue to be
394,632,326 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, of which 173,034
(0.04% of the issued share capital) are held in treasury and have
no voting rights.
Holders of the Company's ordinary
shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. As treasury
shares have no voting rights, the total number of voting rights in
the Company is now 394,459,292. Shareholders should use this
figure for notifications in keeping with the provisions of DTR
5.
For further information, please
call:
Colleen Sutcliffe
Janus Henderson Secretarial Services
UK Limited
Corporate Secretary
Telephone: 020 7818 5919
Dan Howe
Head of Investment Trusts
Janus Henderson Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 4458
Harriet Hall
PR Director, Investment
Trusts
Janus Henderson Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 2919
