{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"165052","rtpr_id":"nPRr90444a-20261009","ticker":"BRSC","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["BRSC"],"title":"REG-BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc: Total Voting Rights","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-09T06:00:10.556Z","article_body":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (the “Company”)\n\nLEI - 549300MS535KC2WH4082\n\n \n\nVoting Rights and Capital (Article 15 Transparency Directive, DTR 5.6)\n\n \n\nIn conformity with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (\"the\nRules\") provision 5.6.1, the Company would like to notify the market that as\nat 09 October 2026 its issued capital comprised 238,248,950 ordinary shares of\n£0.05 each, excluding 60,443,655 shares held in treasury.\n\n \n\nShareholders should therefore use 238,248,950 (being the Company’s issued\nshare capital excluding shares held in treasury) as the denominator for the\ncalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their\ninterest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Rules.\n\n \n\n \n\nAll enquiries:\n\n \n\nGraham Venables\n\nCompany Secretary\nBlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited\nTel: 0203 649 3432\n\n \n\n09 October 2026\n\n Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/22402/4405944/4308232.pdf)  \n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPRr90444a-20261009","title":"REG-BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc: Total Voting Rights","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"BRSC","created":"2026-10-09T06:00:10.556Z","tickers":["BRSC"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (the “Company”)\n\nLEI - 549300MS535KC2WH4082\n\n \n\nVoting Rights and Capital (Article 15 Transparency Directive, DTR 5.6)\n\n \n\nIn conformity with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (\"the\nRules\") provision 5.6.1, the Company would like to notify the market that as\nat 09 October 2026 its issued capital comprised 238,248,950 ordinary shares of\n£0.05 each, excluding 60,443,655 shares held in treasury.\n\n \n\nShareholders should therefore use 238,248,950 (being the Company’s issued\nshare capital excluding shares held in treasury) as the denominator for the\ncalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their\ninterest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Rules.\n\n \n\n \n\nAll enquiries:\n\n \n\nGraham Venables\n\nCompany Secretary\nBlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited\nTel: 0203 649 3432\n\n \n\n09 October 2026\n\n Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/22402/4405944/4308232.pdf)  \n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-09T06:00:10.636048383Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791525610636},"received_at":"2026-10-09T06:00:10.686Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"153449","press_release_id":"165052","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Asset Management","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"other","narrative":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc notified the market that as of 09 October 2026 its issued capital comprised 238,248,950 ordinary shares of £0.05 each, excluding 60,443,655 shares held in treasury.\n\nThe disclosure is made under DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, and shareholders should use the ex-treasury share count as the denominator for stake-notification calculations.\n\nThis is a routine regulatory filing with no earnings, corporate action, or strategic content.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine voting-rights update — suppress from alerts."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"par_value":"£0.05","shares_in_treasury":60443655,"issued_shares_ex_treasury":238248950}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Graham Venables","role":"Company Secretary, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc","ticker":"BRSC"},{"name":"BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited","relationship":"investment manager / company secretary"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Routine monthly total voting rights / share capital disclosure under DTR 5.6.1. No earnings, corporate action, or new information beyond share-count figures."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"BRSC"},"globalImportance":5,"audienceRelevance":5,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"small-cap-closed-end-fund","eventGravity":"routine-regulatory-disclosure","issuerAuthored":true}},"event_type":"other","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":1,"narrative":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc notified the market that as of 09 October 2026 its issued capital comprised 238,248,950 ordinary shares of £0.05 each, excluding 60,443,655 shares held in treasury.\n\nThe disclosure is made under DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, and shareholders should use the ex-treasury share count as the denominator for stake-notification calculations.\n\nThis is a routine regulatory filing with no earnings, corporate action, or strategic content.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"par_value":"£0.05","shares_in_treasury":60443655,"issued_shares_ex_treasury":238248950}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Graham Venables","role":"Company Secretary, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc","ticker":"BRSC"},{"name":"BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited","relationship":"investment manager / company secretary"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"model_name":"glm-5.3-flashx","prompt_hash":"sha256:5c812bd9e28b810d","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-10-09T06:00:14.940Z","global_importance":5,"audience_relevance":5,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"small-cap-closed-end-fund","eventGravity":"routine-regulatory-disclosure","issuerAuthored":true}},"durationMs":4208,"modelName":"glm-5.3-flashx"}}