{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"157147","rtpr_id":"nPRrU7577a-20260930","ticker":"BRGE","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["BRGE"],"title":"REG-BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc: Transaction in Own Shares","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-30T17:00:03.699Z","article_body":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc (‘the Company’)\nLEI – 5493003R8FJ6I76ZUW55\n\nTransaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury\n\nThe Company announces that it has today purchased 23,564 of its Ordinary\nShares at an average price of 593.24 pence per share to be held in treasury.\n\nFollowing settlement of this purchase on 02 October 2026 the issued share\ncapital of the Company will be 89,213,191 Ordinary Shares, excluding\n28,715,747 shares which are held in treasury. Shares held in treasury do not\ncarry any voting rights; 24.35% of the Company’s total issued share capital\n(117,928,938 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) will be held in\ntreasury following settlement.\n\nFor reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency\nRules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the\nfigure of 89,213,191 following settlement when determining if they are\nrequired to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the\nCompany.\n\nAll enquiries:\n\nLucy Dina\n\nCompany Secretary\nBlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited\nTel: 0207 743 5324\n\n \n\n30 September 2026\n\n \n\n \n\n Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/22396/4403077/4296539.pdf)  \n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPRrU7577a-20260930","title":"REG-BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc: Transaction in Own Shares","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"BRGE","created":"2026-09-30T17:00:03.699Z","tickers":["BRGE"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc (‘the Company’)\nLEI – 5493003R8FJ6I76ZUW55\n\nTransaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury\n\nThe Company announces that it has today purchased 23,564 of its Ordinary\nShares at an average price of 593.24 pence per share to be held in treasury.\n\nFollowing settlement of this purchase on 02 October 2026 the issued share\ncapital of the Company will be 89,213,191 Ordinary Shares, excluding\n28,715,747 shares which are held in treasury. Shares held in treasury do not\ncarry any voting rights; 24.35% of the Company’s total issued share capital\n(117,928,938 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) will be held in\ntreasury following settlement.\n\nFor reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency\nRules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the\nfigure of 89,213,191 following settlement when determining if they are\nrequired to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the\nCompany.\n\nAll enquiries:\n\nLucy Dina\n\nCompany Secretary\nBlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited\nTel: 0207 743 5324\n\n \n\n30 September 2026\n\n \n\n \n\n Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/22396/4403077/4296539.pdf)  \n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-30T17:00:03.756149261Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790787603756},"received_at":"2026-09-30T17:00:03.807Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"145821","press_release_id":"157147","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Capital Markets","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"buyback","narrative":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust purchased 23,564 of its own Ordinary Shares at an average price of 593.24 pence to hold in treasury.\n\nFollowing settlement on 02 October 2026, shares excluding treasury will total 89,213,191, with treasury holdings representing 24.35% of total issued share capital.\n\nThis is a routine daily buyback disclosure typical of UK investment trusts, with no bearing on investment strategy or performance.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine trust buyback -- suppress or archive for share-count tracking only."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"avg_price_pence":593.24,"shares_purchased":23564,"shares_ex_treasury":89213191,"shares_in_treasury":28715747,"total_issued_shares":117928938,"treasury_pct_of_total":"24.35%"}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Lucy Dina","role":"Company Secretary, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc","ticker":"BRGE","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited","relationship":"investment manager"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Routine daily share repurchase disclosure for an investment trust; 23,564 shares is immaterial relative to ~89 million shares in issue."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"BRGE"},"globalImportance":5,"audienceRelevance":5,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"small-cap-uk-investment-trust","eventGravity":"routine-daily-buyback","householdBrandBoost":false,"retailFavoriteBoost":false}},"event_type":"buyback","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":1,"narrative":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust purchased 23,564 of its own Ordinary Shares at an average price of 593.24 pence to hold in treasury.\n\nFollowing settlement on 02 October 2026, shares excluding treasury will total 89,213,191, with treasury holdings representing 24.35% of total issued share capital.\n\nThis is a routine daily buyback disclosure typical of UK investment trusts, with no bearing on investment strategy or performance.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"avg_price_pence":593.24,"shares_purchased":23564,"shares_ex_treasury":89213191,"shares_in_treasury":28715747,"total_issued_shares":117928938,"treasury_pct_of_total":"24.35%"}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Lucy Dina","role":"Company Secretary, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc","ticker":"BRGE","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited","relationship":"investment manager"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"model_name":"glm-5.3-flashx","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-09-30T17:00:08.597Z","global_importance":5,"audience_relevance":5,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"small-cap-uk-investment-trust","eventGravity":"routine-daily-buyback","householdBrandBoost":false,"retailFavoriteBoost":false}},"durationMs":4773,"modelName":"glm-5.3-flashx"}}