Month end portfolio info

British Assets Trust PLC
17 October 2005

British Assets Trust plc

ALL DATA AS AT 30th September 2005

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APPROXIMATELY 18th October 2005



 Position         Top Ten Equity Holdings                       %

   1         BP                                                6.5
   2         Royal Dutch Shell                                 4.8
   3         Vodafone                                          4.7
   4         HSBC                                              4.5
   5         GlaxoSmithKline                                   3.9
   6         Royal Bank of Scotland                            2.6
   7         Astrazeneca                                       1.8
   8         HBOS                                              1.6
   9         Standard Life European Private Equity Trust       1.4
   10        Barclays                                          1.3

             Total                                            33.1



        Country (or region) / Sector

                       %

UK                   67.5
Europe (ex UK)        4.6
North America        10.6
Japan                 4.9
Far East (ex Japan)   3.2
Cash

                    9.2



Total                                          100.0




Actual Gearing

                                 122.2%
Potential Gearing

                                 126.3%






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