Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2705Y

British Empire Trust PLC

13 May 2016

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 13 May 2016, it bought back 37,500 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.023% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 470.67 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	160,014,089
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	29,908,063
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	130,106,026