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JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90
2 April 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 119,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 169.74p per share. The purchased shares will be cancelled.
Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will be 399,760,122 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
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