Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
04 December 2007



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

Stock Name                                                                 Market Value               %
                                                                                £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,542,597             5.35
BP                                                                           4,340,842             5.12
Vodafone Group                                                               4,204,751             4.96
Energy XXI                                                                   3,452,162             4.07
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,285,018             3.87
HSBC                                                                         2,777,150             3.27
Anglo American                                                               2,474,029             2.92
National Grid                                                                2,290,638             2.70
BG Group                                                                     2,090,372             2.46
Barclays                                                                     2,070,833             2.44

Total Gross Assets                                                          84,850,248


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

4 December 2007



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