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JPMorgan European Smaller Co.

16 July 2013

 

JPMORGAN EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN

16^th July 2013

Results of General Meeting

Following a General Meeting of the Company, which was held on 16^th July 2013, the Board is pleased to announce that Shareholders voted in favour of the special resolutionto implement the tender offer of 5 per cent. of the Shares in issue on 14^th May 2013 (the "Tender Offer").

The full text of the resolution can be found in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the circular dated 7^th June 2013 (the "Circular") which is available for viewing on the Company's website at (http://www.jpmeuropeansmallercompanies.co.uk).

Results of the tender offer will be announced in due course.

Expected timetable

Calculation date for the tender price	18th July 2013
Tender price announced	22nd July 2013
Settlement date: cheques despatched and payments through CREST made and CREST accounts settled	26th July 2013
Balancing share certificates despatched	Week commencing 29th July 2013

Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meaning given to them in the Circular.

For further information please contact:

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

Jonathan Latter                        [e-mail]                       [phone] 

Cenkos Securities plc                      

Will Rogers                              [e-mail]                                     [phone]

Cenkos Securities Plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as the adviser to the Company and is acting for no-one else in connection with the Tender Offer and the contents of this announcement, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Cenkos Securities Plc nor for providing advice in connection with the Tender Offer and the contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.

 

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