Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
03 July 2007





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

Stock Name                                                               Market Value                %
                                                                               £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,847,453             5.41
BP                                                                           4,432,809             4.95
Energy XXI                                                                   4,117,025             4.59
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,899,586             4.35
Vodafone Group                                                               3,867,632             4.31
HSBC                                                                         3,063,575             3.42
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                       2,834,485             3.16
Anglo American                                                               2,434,950             2.72
BT                                                                           2,079,455             2.32
National Grid                                                                2,057,810             2.30

Total Gross Assets                                                          89,636,522


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

3 July 2007



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