Month End Portfolio info

British Assets Trust PLC
13 November 2006

British Asset Trust plc

ALL DATA AS AT 31st October 2006

THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, www.fandc.com
FROM APPROXIMATELY 18th November 2006

Top ten equity holdings

BP Plc  5.2%
HSBC Holdings  4.5%
Royal Dutch Shell  4.4%
Glaxo SmithKline  3.4%
Vodafone Group  3.0%
Royal Bank of Scotland  2.7%
AstraZeneca  1.8%
Anglo American  1.7%
Tesco  1.7%
Standard Life Euro Private Equity Trust  1.6%

Total  30.0%



Country

UK  65.8%
Europe (ex-UK)  5.1%
North America  10.1%
Japan  4.7%
Far East (ex-Japan) 3.3%
Corporate Bonds  5.4%
Cash  5.6%

Total    100.0%




Actual gearing:  118.3
Potential gearing:  125.3
















                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange