Purchase of Own Securities

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC
6 June 2002


British Empire Securities and General Trust p.l.c.

Share Buy Back

6 June 2002



At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 17 December 2001,
shareholders granted the Company authority to purchase up to 26,094,605
ordinary shares.

The Company announces that it has today repurchased 250,000 ordinary shares at
a price of £1.975 per share. 6,825,000 ordinary shares have been purchased
under the current authority and the issued share capital after the
cancellation of the shares repurchased will be 168,255,089 ordinary shares.

Since 10 December 1998 when the Company first obtained powers to purchase its
own shares, a total of 21,100,000 ordinary shares have been repurchased.


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