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 5 March 2026 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of 25,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made on 18 March 2026, at a price of 1,537.0602p per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 78,832,105 Ordinary shares will remain in issue. A total of 217,000 Ordinary shares have been purchased and cancelled under the above authority.
For further information contact: Michael Campbell, Aberforth Partners LLP,
telephone: 0131 220 0733.
Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries
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