In accordance with Listing Rule 15.6.8 (1), British Empire Securities and General Trust plc announces that the following is a list of all investments held at 30 September 2009 in listed closed-ended investment funds which do not have stated investment policies to invest no more than 15% of their total assets in other listed closed-ended investment funds.

Name

Market Value (£)

Percentage of portfolio

Advance UK Trust Plc Ord 1p

2,758,993

0.37%