BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Buy-back of own securities
The Company announces that on 16 November 2018, it bought back 150,215 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.116% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 715.2564 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.
As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:
| 
 Number of Ordinary Shares in issue  | 
 129,526,165  | 
| 
 Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury  | 
 18,424,095  | 
| 
 Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue  | 
 111,102,070  | 
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Secretary
16 November 2018
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