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 2018 to
make market purchases of the Company’s own shares, a market
purchase of 150,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made today,
16 May 2018, at a price of 1404.3333p
per share.
Following the purchase and cancellation
of the above shares, 91,453,158 Ordinary shares will remain in
issue. A total of 1,249,479 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 – 16
May 2018