F&C Investment Trust: director buys shares, company updates NAV, buyback details

F&C Investment Trust PLC announced that Rain Newton-Smith, a non-executive director, made an initial notification of a transaction involving ordinary shares of 25p. The transaction, a monthly investment in an ISA (in daughter's name), occurred on December 8, 2025. The director acquired 80 shares at a price of 1242.81p per share on the London Stock Exchange.

Separately, the company announced on December 12, 2025, that it purchased 20,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each to be held in treasury through J.P. Morgan Securities plc. The shares were bought at a weighted average price of 1238.00p. Following this transaction, F&C Investment Trust now holds 87,257,220 ordinary shares in treasury, with 474,561,796 ordinary shares in issue, bringing the total voting rights to 474,561,796.

The company also released its Net Asset Value as at December 11, 2025. The net assets per ordinary share (prior charges at market value) were 1,337.38 pence ex-income and 1,343.86 pence cum-income. Net assets per ordinary share (prior charges at nominal value) were reported as 1,294.90 pence ex-income and 1,301.38 pence cum-income.