Month End Portfolio Info

British Assets Trust PLC
13 September 2007

British Asset Trust plc



ALL DATA AS AT 31 August 2007.



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





          Top Ten Equity Holdings                 %

BP                                               5.1
Vodafone                                         3.8
GlaxoSmithkline                                  3.4
Royal Dutch Shell                                2.5
HSBC                                             2.4
AstraZeneca                                      2.2
Centrica                                         2.1
Standard Life Euro Private Equity Trust          2.0
Royal Bank of Scotland                           1.9
Anglo American                                   1.9

Total                                           27.3



        Country (or region) / Sector              %

UK                                              63.4
Europe (ex UK)                                   6.3
North America                                   10.5
Japan                                            3.4
Far East (ex Japan)                              4.5
Corporate Bonds                                  5.5
Cash                                             6.4



Total                                          100.0




Actual gearing:  117.2
Potential gearing:  125.3


















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