9 October 2026
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc
Result of General Meeting
LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082
The Board of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held today, the special resolution relating to the proposed renewal of the Company's authority to buy back Shares was duly passed by Shareholders.
Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the Resolution, which was voted on by way of poll, is set out below and will also be published on the Company's website at www.blackrock.com/uk/brsc.
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Special Resolution |
Votes For (including discretionary) |
Votes Against |
Total Votes(1) |
Votes |
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Number |
% of Shares voted |
Number |
% of Shares voted |
Number |
Proportion of issued Share capital voted (%) |
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To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Shares. |
78,512,835 |
99.82 |
138,187 |
0.18 |
78,651,022 |
44.23 |
27,795 |
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Notes: |
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1. |
The number of Shares in issue as at the voting record time of 6.00 p.m. on 7 October 2026 (the "Voting Record Time") was 298,692,605 Shares, of which 60,443,655 Shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company at the Voting Record Time was 238,248,950 (representing 238,248,650 Shares, carrying one vote per Share held). |
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A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" the Resolution. |
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The full text of the Resolution passed at the General Meeting can be found in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the circular published by the Company on 10 September 2026 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.blackrock.com/uk/brsc.
A copy of the Resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular, unless the context otherwise requires.
9 October 2026
Enquiries:
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Sarah Beynsberger Graham Venables |
+44 (0)20 7743 3000 |
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Investec Bank plc (Financial adviser and Corporate Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7597 4000 |
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David Yovichic |
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Helen Goldmsith |
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Denis Flanagan |
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