Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
01 May 2008



                          BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC


List of Top Ten Investments and all Holdings over 5% of Gross Assets at 30 April
2008 in accordance with Listing Rule 15.6.8(2).




    Holding                                        % of Gross Assets

BP                                                       6.50
Royal Dutch Shell                                        6.21
Vodafone Group                                           4.90
Energy XXI                                               4.30
HSBC                                                     3.90
GlaxoSmithKline                                          3.50
Xstrata                                                  3.29
Anglo American                                           3.26
BG Group                                                 2.99
National Grid                                            2.36



Enquiries :

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

1 May 2008














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