BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC
British Empire Securities and General Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today, all the Resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 16 November 2009, were duly passed. The Resolutions included a Special Resolution to adopt new Articles of Association. Details of the proxy votes will shortly be available on the Company's website: www.british-empire.co.uk
A copy of the resolutions concerning special business passed at the meeting will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Secretary
17 December 2009