Additional Listing

Personal Assets Trust PLC
30 January 2002

Personal Assets Trust plc

To:          Company Announcements Office

Date:        30 January 2002




Allotment of Shares

The Company announces that on 25 January 2002 it allotted and issued 1,000 new
ordinary shares of £12.50 each under an issue for cash at a price of £204.50 per
share.


The new shares increase the issued share capital on 25 January 2002 to 434,653
ordinary shares.


An application for admission to listing has been made today in respect of the
1,000 new ordinary shares.


For further information please contact:


                Gordon Hay Smith, Friends Ivory & Sime plc :  0131 465 1000




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