European Smaller Companies Tst PLC Result of AGM (8199H)

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RNS Number : 8199H

European Smaller Companies Tst PLC

28 November 2022

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 32(nd) 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                       Dan Howe 
  Janus Henderson Secretarial Services    Head of Investment Trusts 
  UK Limited                              Janus Henderson Investors 
  Corporate Secretary                     Tel: 020 7818 4458 
  Telephone: 020 7818 5919

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