British Empire Trust PLC Transaction in Own Shares (0765M)

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RNS Number : 0765M

British Empire Trust PLC

25 July 2017

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 25 July 2017, it bought back 50,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.039% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 689.6995 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                          12,156,357 
Total Voting Rights attaching 
 to Ordinary Shares in issue         117,369,808 
 

Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

25 July 2017

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