Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 7836H

Securities Trust of Scotland PLC

16 July 2012

Securities Trust of Scotland plc

Issue of Equity

The board of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (the "Company") announces that on 16 July 2012 it issued 800,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 122.8 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, 20 July 2012.

The shares in issue following this notification are 101,959,771.

Enquiries

William Simmonds

J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited

020 7588 2828

Victoria Timlin

Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd

0131 229 5252