BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc
(“Company”)
LEI - 549300MS535KC2WH4082
Issue of Equity
The Company announces that 50,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
were today sold by the Company from the shares held in Treasury at
a price of 1,708.16 pence per share
which represented a premium to net asset value.
The resultant total number of Ordinary shares held in Treasury
by the Company is 1,613,731. The number of ordinary shares that the
Company has in issue, less the total number of ordinary shares held
by the Company in Treasury following this sale, is 48,379,792. With
effect from 31 December 2019 the
total number of voting rights of the Company will be 48,379,792.
This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the
Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Contact name for queries:
Sarah Beynsberger
for and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7743 2639
27 December 2019