ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares
The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (“ASCoT”) hereby gives notification that, pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 1 March 2017 to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares, a market purchase of 32,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made today, 21 February 2018, at a price of 1270.7865p per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 92,737,637 Ordinary shares will remain in issue. A total of 1,640,655 Ordinary shares have been purchased and cancelled under the above authority.
For further information contact: David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP,
telephone: 0131 220 0733.
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries – 21 February 2018
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