Transaction in Own Shares

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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc announced a market purchase of 24,000 of its own Ordinary shares on 4 November 2025, at a price of 1,526.1769p per share. This buyback, authorized at the 6 March 2025 Annual General Meeting, reduces the total number of shares in issue. Following the cancellation of these shares, 80,387,605 Ordinary shares now remain outstanding. The company has now purchased and cancelled a total of 2,271,500 Ordinary shares under this authority, a strategic move that typically supports earnings per share and can positively influence stock valuation.

Disclaimer*

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 6 March 2025 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of 24,000 Ordinary shares of the Company was made on 4 November 2025, at a price of 1,526.1769p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 80,387,605 Ordinary shares will remain in issue. A total of 2,271,500 Ordinary shares have been purchased and cancelled under the above authority.

For further information contact: Michael Campbell, Aberforth Partners LLP,

telephone: 0131 220 0733.

Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries

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