Annual Information Update

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC
24 December 2005



                BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC



                         ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE 2005



Pursuant to Prospectus Rule 5.2 set out below is the information which has been
published or made available to the public during the past 12 months, some of
which may now be out of date.



Published as RNS announcements

(These may be viewed on  either  www.companyannouncements.com or
www.londonstockexchange.com  or the UK Wire website.)



Net Asset Value Declarations:

Net Asset Values are declared as RNS Announcements each business day.  They may
be viewed at www.londonstockexchange.com or www.companyannouncements.com


Portfolio Updates:

02 December 2004         05 January 2005           02 February 2005         02 March 2005
04 April 2005            03 May 2005               02 June 2005             01 July 2005
02 August 2005           01 September 2005         04 October 2005       



Holdings in Company:

09 December 2004         19 January 2005          26 January 2005          08 March 2005
09 March 2005            02 August 2005           03 August 2005           11 August 2005
08 September 2005        27 September 2005        20 October 2005          24 October 2005



Monthly Updates:

17 December 2004         17 January 2005           8 February 2005          14 March 2005
12 April 2005            13 May 2005               14 June 2005             21 July 2005
12 August 2005           15 September 2005         21 October 2005



Other announcements:

18 November 2004  -  Final Results
25 November 2004  -  Document viewing re Report & Accounts
03 December 2004  -  transaction in Own Shares
16 December 2004  -  Results of AGM
10 January 2005  -  Loan Stock Interest
03 March 2005  -  Transaction in Own Shares
08 April 2005  -  Loan Stock Interest
04 May 2005  -  Interim Results
25 July 2005  -  Transaction in Own Shares
18 October 2005  -  Index Stock Interest



Circulars/Publications Issued

12 May 2005  -  Interim Report
22 November 2005  -  Report & Accounts



Filed with The Registrar of Companies

16 December 2004  -  Signed Report & Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2004
11 January 2005  -  288c Change of Director/Secretary Details
20 January 2005  -  363s Annual Return
06 September 2005  -  287 Change of Registered Office


                      This information is provided by RNS
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