REG - Mercantile Inv Tst - Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0686U Mercantile Investment Trust(The) PLC 23 February 2026 THE MERCANTILE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC(the 'Company')REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES INTO TREASURYLegal Entity Identifier: 549300BGX3CJIHLP2H42The Company has today repurchased into Treasury 283,177 Ordinary shares at 267.84 pence per share.Following the transaction, the Company holds 266,069,074 Ordinary shares in Treasury. The shares in issue less the total number of Treasury shares is 678,423,106.The Company will only re-issue shares held in Treasury at a premium to net asset value. 23rd February 2026 For further information, please contact:Divya Amin / Sachu SajiJPMorgan Funds Limited0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44 70)This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy. END POSSEDFWDEMSESE