Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2256S

British Empire Trust PLC

19 December 2016

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 16 December 2016, it bought back 118,500 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.074% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 619.14 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	36,655,924
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	123,358,165