PR Newswire
London, October 18
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI"): 213800GZ9WC73A92Q326
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 40,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made today, 18 October 2017, at a price of 1326.75p per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 93,504,841 Ordinary shares will remain in issue. A total of 873,451 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 - 18 October 2017
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