Holding(s) in Company

2 April 2012 British Portfolio Trust plc (the "Company") Announcement of the top ten portfolio holdings as at 30 March 2012 The Company announces that further to the appointment of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited as the new manager of the Company, effective 1 April 2012 in place of RCM (UK) Limited, the top ten holdings in British Portfolio Trust plc as at 30 March 2012 were:- % of portfolio Royal Dutch Shell 'B' Shares 8.9 Vodafone Group 8.6 HSBC Holdings 6.1 Tullow Oil 5.0 GlaxoSmithKline 4.9 Centrica plc 4.3 Antofagasta 4.0 UBM plc 3.6 3I Infrastructure 3.1 Imperial Tobacco 3.1 Enquiries: Kerry V Higgins BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Secretary Telephone: 020 7743 1089
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