Update note from QuotedData

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Montanaro European Smaller Companies (MTE) has seen its share price discount to net asset value (NAV) trade in single figures for over a year, aligning with its discount policy, following the completion of its second 5% tender offer. The fund, which focuses on growth in European smaller companies, experienced headwinds from a preference for value investing and a recent sell-off in software shares due to artificial intelligence concerns, but performance has since recovered, and the manager remains optimistic.

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Montanaro European Smaller Companies - Update note from QuotedData

28 July 2026

Ready for a growth revival

Montanaro European Smaller Companies (MTE) is a growth-focused European smaller companies fund. It has faced strong headwinds in recent years as value investing has been more popular in Europe and elsewhere. Earlier this year, performance was hurt by a sell-off in software shares as investors weighed the potential impact of agentic artificial intelligence. More recently, MTE's performance has recovered, for reasons set out in this note, and the manager remains optimistic.

Steps announced by the board last year have had early success in supporting shareholder value. The second 5% tender offer has just completed, and the trust's share price discount to net asset value (NAV) has traded in single figures for over a year, in line with MTE's discount policy.

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