Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 October 2007



                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2007

Stock Name                                                                Market Value                %
                                                                                     £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,682,226             5.39
BP                                                                           4,171,623             4.80
Vodafone Group                                                               4,073,136             4.69
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,878,653             4.47
Energy XXI                                                                   3,573,352             4.11
HSBC                                                                         3,030,075             3.49
Anglo American                                                               2,475,535             2.85
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                       2,350,877             2.71
Barclays                                                                     2,190,481             2.52
National Grid                                                                2,186,074             2.52

Total Gross Assets                                                          86,855,081


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

2 October 2007



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