JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
18 October 2023
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 28 November 2022 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 35,805 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 142.91p per share. The purchased shares will be cancelled.
Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will be 400,805,796 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, with voting rights totalling the same. Holders of the Company's ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for every share held. No shares are held in Treasury.
For further information, please call:
| Colleen Sutcliffe Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: 020 7818 5919
| Ollie Beckett Fund Manager The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC Telephone: 020 7818 4331/3997 |
| Dan Howe Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: 020 7818 4458
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