Month End Portfolio

British Assets Trust PLC
13 October 2006



British Asset Trust plc

ALL DATA AS AT 30th September 2006


THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, www.fandc.com
FROM APPROXIMATELY 18th October 2006


Top ten equity holdings

BP Plc                      5.5%
HSBC Holdings               4.7%
Royal Dutch Shell           4.4%
Glaxo SmithKline            3.7%
Vodafone Group              3.1%
Royal Bank of Scotland      2.8%
AstraZeneca                 2.0%
HBOS                        1.8%
Tesco                       1.7%
Anglo American              1.7%

Total                      31.4%




Country

UK                         68.7%
Europe (ex UK)              5.0%
North America              10.0%
Japan                       5.0%
Far East (ex Japan)         3.3%
Corporate Bonds             5.4%
Cash                        2.6%

Total                     100.0%




Actual gearing:           122.6
Potential gearing:        125.8






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