Index Stock Interest

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC
10 July 2007

British Empire Securities and General Trust plc

Equities Index Unsecured Loan Stock 2013 - Interest Payment

British Empire Securities and General Trust plc announces that the rate of
interest (gross of income tax) on its Equities Index Unsecured Loan Stock 2013
for the quarter ended 30 June 2007 is 2.7950 pence per unit, equivalent to
£27.95 per 1,000 units of stock.  The record date for the payment is 30 June
2007 and payment of the interest is being made today 10 July 2007.

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