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Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc (MTE) ORD GBP0.05

Sell:167.50p Buy:168.50p 0 Change: 1.50p (0.88%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 7 November 2025 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Tender Offer

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc ORD GBP0.05

Type:
Tender Offer
Shareholder action required:
Yes
Status:
Client deadline
Details (last updated 29 Oct 2025)

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc has announced plans to introduce a bi-annual tender offer facility, timed to coincide with the publication of its Interim and Final Results, which are typically released in the autumn and summer of each year respectively.

 

The company is offering to buy up to 5% of its shares at a 5% discount to the Net Asset Value (NAV) to be calculated on 28 November 2025. This is called a tender offer.

 

The first tender offer is scheduled to take place at the end of November and is subject to shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on 19 November 2025.

 

You can ask to sell all or part of your holding in the offer. You’ve got a guaranteed entitlement to tender (i.e. elect to sell) 5% of your shareholding. You can ask to sell more or less than this, but you might not successfully sell all the shares you tender above this entitlement.

 

If you don’t want to sell any shares, you don’t need to do anything

 

Sell shares in the offer – Act by noon on Tuesday 18 November 2025

 

Any shares you ask to sell will be removed from your portfolio from 18 November 2025. You’ll receive cash from shares successfully sold on or around 5 December 2025.

 

Full details of this event will be sent to Qualifying Hargreaves Lansdown clients by either post or secure message. Please note that any instruction you give must be based on the full details provided in the letter/message and not on the summary information outlined above.

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Sell:167.50p
Buy:168.50p
Change: 1.50p (0.88%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 7 November 2025 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Tender Offer

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc ORD GBP0.05

Type:
Tender Offer
Shareholder action required:
Yes
Status:
Client deadline
Details (last updated 29 Oct 2025)

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc has announced plans to introduce a bi-annual tender offer facility, timed to coincide with the publication of its Interim and Final Results, which are typically released in the autumn and summer of each year respectively.

 

The company is offering to buy up to 5% of its shares at a 5% discount to the Net Asset Value (NAV) to be calculated on 28 November 2025. This is called a tender offer.

 

The first tender offer is scheduled to take place at the end of November and is subject to shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on 19 November 2025.

 

You can ask to sell all or part of your holding in the offer. You’ve got a guaranteed entitlement to tender (i.e. elect to sell) 5% of your shareholding. You can ask to sell more or less than this, but you might not successfully sell all the shares you tender above this entitlement.

 

If you don’t want to sell any shares, you don’t need to do anything

 

Sell shares in the offer – Act by noon on Tuesday 18 November 2025

 

Any shares you ask to sell will be removed from your portfolio from 18 November 2025. You’ll receive cash from shares successfully sold on or around 5 December 2025.

 

Full details of this event will be sent to Qualifying Hargreaves Lansdown clients by either post or secure message. Please note that any instruction you give must be based on the full details provided in the letter/message and not on the summary information outlined above.

×
Sell:167.50p
Buy:168.50p
Change: 1.50p (0.88%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 7 November 2025 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Tender Offer

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc ORD GBP0.05

Type:
Tender Offer
Shareholder action required:
Yes
Status:
Client deadline
Details (last updated 29 Oct 2025)

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc has announced plans to introduce a bi-annual tender offer facility, timed to coincide with the publication of its Interim and Final Results, which are typically released in the autumn and summer of each year respectively.

 

The company is offering to buy up to 5% of its shares at a 5% discount to the Net Asset Value (NAV) to be calculated on 28 November 2025. This is called a tender offer.

 

The first tender offer is scheduled to take place at the end of November and is subject to shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on 19 November 2025.

 

You can ask to sell all or part of your holding in the offer. You’ve got a guaranteed entitlement to tender (i.e. elect to sell) 5% of your shareholding. You can ask to sell more or less than this, but you might not successfully sell all the shares you tender above this entitlement.

 

If you don’t want to sell any shares, you don’t need to do anything

 

Sell shares in the offer – Act by noon on Tuesday 18 November 2025

 

Any shares you ask to sell will be removed from your portfolio from 18 November 2025. You’ll receive cash from shares successfully sold on or around 5 December 2025.

 

Full details of this event will be sent to Qualifying Hargreaves Lansdown clients by either post or secure message. Please note that any instruction you give must be based on the full details provided in the letter/message and not on the summary information outlined above.

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The selling price currently displayed is higher than the buying price. This can occur temporarily for a variety of reasons; shortly before the market opens, after the market closes or because of extraordinary price volatility during the trading day.
Open:
168.50p
Trade high:
169.70p
Year high:
184.00p
Estimated NAV:
185.06
Previous close:
169.50p
Trade low:
167.80p
Year low:
132.00p
Premium/Discount:
-7.06%
Previous:
2.50p (1.45%)
Previous:
2.50p
Volume:
40,789
Dividend yield:
0.75%
Currency:
GBX
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MONTANARO performance chart

Premium/Discount

MONTANARO performance chart
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Performance

1 week 1W 2.87% 1 year 1Y 19.37%
1 month 1M 0.59% 2 years 2Y 48.68%
3 months 3M 2.59% 3 years 3Y 41.01%
6 months 6M 5.61% 5 years 5Y 18.53%

Performance figures are based on the previous close price. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

Trust Basics

Benchmark: MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap NR GBP
Annual management charge: 0.83% of Net Assets
Performance fee: No
Ongoing charge: 1.17%
Dividend yield: 0.75%
Dividend frequency: Semi-Annually
Total assets: £290m
Gross gearing: 7%
Market capitalisation:Market cap.: £252m
Shares in issue: 146.15 million
Legal structure Closed Ended Investment Company
Domicile: United Kingdom
ISIN GB00BM8H3X05

Recent dividends paid or declared by Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc:

Type Ex-div date Payment date Amount
Interim * 04/12/2025 05/01/2026 0.35p
2nd interim 26/06/2025 07/08/2025 0.96p
Interim 19/12/2024 22/01/2025 0.30p
Final 15/08/2024 16/09/2024 0.90p

* Dividend has not yet been paid but has been declared by Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc.

This data is provided by Digital Look. HL accepts no responsibility for its accuracy and you should independently check data before making any investment decision.

Full dividend history

Five years' total annual Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust plc dividends:

Financial
year end
Dividend
yield
Dividend
cover
Total dividend
paid
31/03/2025 0.80% 1.19 1.31p
31/03/2024 0.80% 1.26 1.13p
31/03/2023 0.70% 1.13 0.97p
31/03/2022 0.60% 1.04 0.93p
31/03/2021 0.60% 0.34 9.25p

All dividend data is calculated excluding any special dividends. Historical dividends may be adjusted to reflect any subsequent rights issues and corporate actions.

Full dividend history

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Important Documents



Objective

To achieve capital growth by investing principally in Continental European quoted smaller companies.

NET ASSET VALUE (NAV)

Estimated NAV: 185.06p
Latest actual NAV: 184.96p
Latest actual NAV date: 5 November 2025
Premium/Discount: -7.06%
12m average Premium/Discount: -9.03%
NAV frequency: Daily
Sector Weight
Technology 30.33%
Industrials 19.05%
Healthcare 15.38%
Consumer Cyclical 10.13%
Financial Services 6.85%
Basic Materials 6.21%
Real Estate 4.37%
Communication Services 3.23%
Consumer Defensive 3.23%
Country Weight
Sweden 25.35%
Germany 18.13%
Italy 16.14%
Switzerland 12.15%
Norway 9.60%
Spain 4.72%
United States 3.92%
Denmark 3.58%
Netherlands 2.23%
Belgium 2.21%

Key Dates

Launch date: 5 September 2006
Financial year end: March
Next AGM: September 2026

Value Assessment

Value Assessment review date: 30 June 2024
Value Assessment next review date: 30 June 2025
Is Assessment of Value required under COLL: No
Outcome of COLL Assessment of Value: n/a
Outcome of PRIN Value Assessment or review: Product expected to provide fair value for reasonably foreseeable period
Other review related to value and or charges: -
Further information: -
Data policy - All information should be used for indicative purposes only. You should independently check data before making any investment decision. HL cannot guarantee that the data is accurate or complete, and accepts no responsibility for how it may be used. Prices provided by NBTrader. Charts provided by Factset. Dividend data provided by Digital Look. Recent trade data provided by MoneyAM. Trust basics, holding data, key dates, objective and NAV provided by Morningstar.

The London Stock Exchange does not disclose whether a trade is a buy or a sell so this data is estimated based on the trade price received and the LSE-quoted mid-price at the point the trade is placed. It should only be considered an indication and not a recommendation.

Trades priced above the mid-price at the time the trade is placed are labelled as a buy; those priced below the mid-price are sells; and those priced close to the mid-price or declared late are labelled 'N/A'.