Holding(s) in Company

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

British Portfolio Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Mr Richard Henry Napier Worsley

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

As in 2 above and Spouse.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Mr Richard Henry Napier Worsley                   - 1,541,766
Mrs Juliet Anne Worsley (spouse)                    - 162,426
R H N Worsley Discretionary settlement               - 38,333
J A Worsley Discretionary Settlement                 - 38,333
R H N Worsley 1965 Settlement                       - 456,933

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

2,237,791

6) Percentage of issued class

5.32%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 1p each

10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

20th August 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

2,237,791


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.32%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

P W I Ingram

020 7475 6410

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

P W I Ingram


Date of notification 2nd September 2002




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