Month End Portfolio Info

British Assets Trust PLC
11 April 2008


British Assets Trust plc


ALL DATA AS AT 31 March 2008.



THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEBSITE, 
http://www.fandc.co.uk FROM APPROXIMATELY 16 April 2008.




            Top Ten Equity Holdings                 %

BP                                                    5.3
Vodafone                                              4.0
GlaxoSmithKline                                       2.7
HSBC                                                  2.6
Royal Dutch Shell                                     2.5
Anglo American                                        2.3
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust           2.2
Royal Bank of Scotland                                2.1
Centrica                                              2.0
AstraZeneca                                           1.9

Total                                                27.6





        Country (or region) / Sector            %

UK                                              64.6
North America                                   12.0
Europe (ex UK)                                   7.4
Corporate Bonds                                  6.4
Far East (ex Japan)                              5.9
Japan                                            3.4
Cash                                             0.3

Total                                          100.0



Note: All percentages are based on Gross Assets


Actual gearing:  121.4
Potential gearing:  121.7








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