Month End Portfolio Info

British Assets Trust PLC
16 October 2007

British Assets Trust plc

ALL DATA AS AT 30 September 2007.

THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, 
http://www.fandc.co.uk FROM APPROXIMATELY 17 October 2007.



   Top Ten Equity Holdings                       %

BP                                               5.1
Vodafone                                         4.2
Royal Dutch Shell                                2.6
HSBC                                             2.4
AstraZeneca                                      2.2
Anglo American                                   2.1
Centrica                                         2.1
BAE Systems                                      1.9
Standard Life Euro Private Equity Trust          1.9
GlaxoSmithkline                                  1.9

Total                                           26.4



  Country (or region) / Sector                   %

UK                                              62.9
Europe (ex UK)                                   6.6
North America                                   10.5
Japan                                            3.3
Far East (ex Japan)                              5.0
Corporate Bonds                                  5.4
Cash                                             6.3




Total                                          100.0


Actual gearing:  117.2
Potential gearing:  125.0





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