Issue of Equity

Regulatory Story

Company	Securities Trust of Scotland PLC
TIDM	STS
Headline	Issue of Equity
Released	14:14 10-Dec-2012
Number	1681T14

RNS Number : 1681T

Securities Trust of Scotland PLC

10 December 2012

Securities Trust of Scotland plc

The board of Securities Trust of Scotland plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 December 2012 it issued 2,250,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 125.75 pence per share. The shares were issued at a premium to the prevailing net asset value. These shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.

It is expected that the new ordinary shares will be admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, 13^th December 2012.

The shares in issue following this notification are 107,509,771.

Enquiries

William Simmonds

J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited

020 7588 2828

Victoria Timlin

Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd

0131 229 5252

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