Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
01 May 2008






                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 30 April 2008

Stock Name                                                              Market Value               %
                                                                              £

BP                                                                           4,910,827             6.50
Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,689,207             6.21
Vodafone Group                                                               3,699,072             4.90
Energy XXI                                                                   3,251,617             4.30
HSBC                                                                         2,946,325             3.90
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              2,646,098             3.50
Xstrata                                                                      2,485,980             3.29
Anglo American                                                               2,461,230             3.26
BG Group                                                                     2,259,414             2.99
National Grid                                                                1,785,126             2.36

Total Gross Assets                                                          75,543,638


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
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1 May 2008









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