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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
28 November 2022
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TURST PLC
Annual General Meeting held on 28 November 2022
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC (the 'Company') announces that at the 32nd Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included three items passed under a special resolution:
- to authorise the directors to allot up to 5% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures;
- to authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares up to 14.99% of the issued share capital at the date of the passing of the resolution;
- to hold general meetings other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 10 October 2022 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.europeansmallercompaniestrust.com.
The Company further confirms that Mr Alexander Mettenheimer has retired as a director of the Board.
A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information please contact:
Colleen Sutcliffe Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: 020 7818 5919
| Dan Howe Head of Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 4458 |