Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 November 2007



                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC

                                 TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2007

Stock Name                                                                 Market Value               %
                                                                                  £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,873,052             5.38
BP                                                                           4,594,671             5.07
Vodafone Group                                                               4,361,765             4.82
Energy XXI                                                                   3,504,544             3.87
HSBC                                                                         3,184,175             3.52
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,154,944             3.48
Anglo American                                                               2,495,111             2.75
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                       2,310,576             2.55
BT Group                                                                     2,257,017             2.49
National Grid                                                                2,233,476             2.47

Total Gross Assets                                                          90,567,902


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

2 November 2007


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