BRSC.L

BlackRock Smaller Cos. Trust Plc
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares
20th December 2024, 18:11
TwitterFacebookLinkedIn
To continue viewing RNS, please confirm that you are a Private Investor*

* A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:

  1. Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
  2. Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
  3. Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
  4. Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
  5. Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
  6. Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (`the Company')
LEI - 549300MS535KC2WH4082
Transaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury
The Company announces that it has today purchased 70,000 of its Ordinary Shares
at an average price of 1,318.00 pence per share to be held in treasury.
Following settlement of this purchase on 24 December 2024 the issued share
capital of the Company will be 46,819,792 Ordinary Shares, excluding 3,173,731
shares which are held in treasury.Shares held in treasury do not carry any
voting rights; 6.35% of the Company's total issued share capital (49,993,523
Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) will be held in treasury following
settlement.
For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the
figure of 46,819,792 following settlement when determining if they are required
to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
All enquiries:

Graham Venables

Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: 02036493432

20 December 2024

This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com

TwitterFacebookLinkedIn