Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 3999K

Securities Trust of Scotland PLC

20 August 2012

Securities Trust of Scotland plc

Issue of Equity

The board of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 August 2012 it issued 250,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 127.75 pence per share. The shares were issued at a premium to the prevailing net asset value. These shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.

It is expected that the new ordinary shares will be admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on Friday, 24 August 2012.

The shares in issue following this notification are 102,609,771.

Enquiries

William Simmonds

J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited

020 7588 2828

Victoria Timlin

Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd

0131 229 5252