Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 3540N European Smaller Companies Tst PLC 31 December 2025  

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED   THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90

31 December 2025   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 24 November 2025 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99%, a market purchase of 164,708 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 216.2154 pence per share. These shares will be held in treasury. Following the above purchase, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will continue to be 410,375,045 ordinary shares of 1.5625p each, of which 57,868,858 (14.10% of 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 352,506,187. Shareholders should use this figure for notifications in keeping with the provisions of DTR 5. For further information, please call: Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary Telephone: 020 7818 1818   Harriet Hall PR Director, Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Telephone: 020 7818 2919    



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