Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
04 September 2007





                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                 TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 August 2007

Stock Name                                                                Market Value               %
                                                                                     £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,500,708             5.23
BP                                                                           4,101,728             4.76
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,869,681             4.50
Vodafone Group                                                               3,687,527             4.28
Energy XXI                                                                   3,574,611             4.15
HSBC                                                                         3,003,275             3.49
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                       2,570,292             2.99
BT                                                                           2,187,677             2.54
Anglo American                                                               2,138,236             2.48
National Grid                                                                2,068,963             2.40

Total Gross Assets                                                          86,081,761


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

4 September 2007





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