Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 3235B

Personal Assets Trust PLC

23 October 2009

Personal Assets Trust plc

To: RNS

From: Personal Assets Trust plc

Date: 23 October 2009

ISSUE OF EQUITY

On 23 October 2009 Personal Assets Trust plc issued an additional 420 of its Ordinary shares of £12.50 from its various block listings at a price of £270.345 per share.

The Company's issued share capital consists of 779,631 Ordinary shares, of which there are no longer any shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in Personal Assets Trust plc is 779,631.

The above figure (779,631) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Personal Assets Trust plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.