Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 7331B

Securities Trust of Scotland PLC

07 March 2014

Securities Trust of Scotland plc

Issue of Equity - 7 March 2014

The Board of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (the "Company") announces that on 6 March 2014 it issued 400,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 143.00 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 11 March 2014.

The shares in issue following this notification are 122,299,148.

Enquiries

William Simmonds

J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited

020 7588 2828

Victoria Timlin

Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd

0131 229 5252