Appointment of Stockbroker

Secure Trust Banking Group PLC 4 November 2004 SECURE TRUST BANKING GROUP PLC APPOINTMENT OF NEW BROKER The Board of Secure Trust Banking Group PLC ('Secure Trust') announces that it has appointed Arbuthnot Securities Limited ('Arbuthnot') as its sole corporate stockbroker with immediate effect. Arbuthnot is a subsidiary of Secure Trust and the Board concluded that it was well placed to provide high quality corporate broking services to the Group, a practice which is also followed by a number of other listed companies with stockbroking subsidiaries. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange S