Circular to Shareholders

Secure Trust Banking Group PLC
8 April 2002



Circular to Shareholders dated 5 April 2002:

Approval of waiver to be granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers; Notice
of EGM to be held on 16 May 2002

A copy of the above document has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority
and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. no. (0)20 7676 1000

(Documents will normally be available for inspection within six normal
business hours of this notice being given).



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