Month End Portfolio Info

British Assets Trust PLC
14 August 2007


British Asset Trust plc

ALL DATA AS AT 31 July 2007.

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



          Top Ten Equity Holdings               %

BP                                               5.1
Vodafone                                         3.5
GlaxoSmithkline                                  3.2
HSBC                                             3.0
Royal Bank of Scotland                           2.7
Royal Dutch Shell                                2.6
AstraZeneca                                      2.1
Standard Life Euro Private Equity Trust          2.0
Scottish & Southern                              2.0
Anglo American                                   1.8

Total                                           28.1



        Country (or region) / Sector            %

UK                                              65.1
Europe (ex UK)                                   6.5
North America                                   10.2
Japan                                            4.3
Far East (ex Japan)                              4.5
Corporate Bonds                                  5.4
Cash                                             4.0

Total                                          100.0


Actual gearing:  120.1
Potential gearing:  125.1



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