Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0273G

British Empire Trust PLC

23 May 2017

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 23 May 2017, it bought back 86,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.066% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 671.7604 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

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

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	129,526,165
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	9,881,500
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	119,644,665