JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
16 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 68,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 175.07p 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 311,028 (0.08% 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 394,321,298. 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
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