Equity Index Stock Interest

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC
10 April 2008

British Empire Securities and General Trust plc

Equities Index Unsecured Loan Stock 2013 - Interest Payment

British Empire Securities and General Trust plc announces that the rate of
interest (gross of income tax) on its Equities Index Unsecured Loan Stock 2013
for the quarter ended 31 March 2008 is 3.59900 pence per unit, equivalent to
£35.90 per 1,000 units of stock.  The record date for the payment was 31 March
2008 and payment of the interest is being made today 10 April 2008.

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