Month End Portfolio Info

British Assets Trust PLC
13 February 2008


British Asset Trust plc


ALL DATA AS AT 31 January 2008


THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEBSITE, 
http://www.fandc.com/ FROM APPROXIMATELY 18 February 2008.




          Top Ten Equity Holdings               %

BP                                               5.4
Vodafone                                         3.5
Royal Dutch Shell                                2.4
HSBC                                             2.3
GlaxoSmithKline                                  2.2
Royal Bank of Scotland                           2.1
AstraZeneca                                      2.0
Anglo American                                   2.0
Centrica                                         2.0
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust      1.8

Total                                           25.7



Country (or region) / Sector                %

UK                                          62.4
Europe (ex UK)                              6.2
North America                               11.1
Japan                                       3.3
Far East (ex Japan)                         5.1
Corporate Bonds                             6.0
Cash                                        5.9

Total                                       100.0









Actual gearing:  120.4
Potential gearing:  128.0


























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