Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6781I

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC

27 July 2012

BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES AND GENERAL TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 26 July 2012 it bought back 1,200,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.75% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 412.6 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary share capital in issue, those held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	160,014,089
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	1,557,008
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	158,457,081