Purchase of Own Securities

British Empire Sec & Gen Tst PLC 2 March 2000 The Board of British Empire Securities and General Trust announces that on 1 March 2000, the Company purchased 25,000 units of Equities Index Unsecured Loan Stock (EIULS) 2013 for cancellation, at a price of 298 pence per unit. The Company now has 4,212,530 units of EIULS in issue. For further information please contact: John Walton, Ivory & Sime Asset Management Limited 0171 853 6900
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