Director Shrhldg(s) -Replace

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC
1 October 2001


The issuer has made the following amendment to the Directors Shareholding(s)
announcement released today at 12.17 under RNS No 9153K.

The date of transaction should read 28 September 2001, and not 30 September 
2001, as previously stated.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full corrected version is shown below.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC

2   Name of director:
John Walton

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:


4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):


5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):


6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
20,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.011%

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


10  Percentage of issued class:


11  Class of security:
Ordinary 10p shares

12  Price per share:
166.5p

13  Date of transaction:
28 September 2001 

14  Date company informed:
1 October 2001

15  Total holding following this notification:
347,067

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.198%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:
Ruth Humphrey

24  Contact telephone number:
020 7463 6305

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC - Secretaries


Additional Information: