Purchase of Own Securities

Secure Trust Banking Group PLC
4 January 2002


SECURE TRUST BANKING GROUP PLC ('the Company')
4 JANUARY 2002

PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

Pursuant to the general authority granted by shareholders on 16 May 2001, the
Company has today purchased for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary 1p shares
at a price of 415p per share.


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