Issue of Equity

Personal Assets Trust PLC
05 January 2007



To:       RNS
From:     Personal Assets Trust plc
Date      5 January 2007


Issue of Equity


The board of Personal Assets Trust plc announces the number of shares issued
from June - December 2006:-


End of month                No of share in     Number of new      % of capital    Inflow of new
                                     issue     shares issued       represented          capital
                                                  during the                    
                                                      month* 
           
June 2006                          741,473             1,965              0.27         £494,380
July 2006                          742,173               700              0.09         £175,603
August 2006                        742,079               406              0.05         £103,962
September 2006                     738,677                 -                 -                -
October 2006                       737,902             1,305              0.18         £342,967
November 2006                      738,374               472              0.06         £123,800
December 2006                      735,624                 -                 -                -


* These shares have been issued from the Company's various block listings. The
Company also bought back 500 shares in August, 3,402 shares in September, 2,080
shares in October and 2,750 shares in December. These shares are held in
Treasury.

There were 735,624 shares in issue as at 31 December 2006.  This gives a market
capitalisation of £193.1m, based on a closing mid-price of £262.50.


For further details, please contact:-

Steven Davidson, Company Secretary                0131 718 1000
Steven Budge, Personal Assets Trust plc           0131 225 9995



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