Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
04 March 2008




                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 29 February 2008

Stock Name                                                                 Market Value               %
                                                                                 £

BP                                                                           4,384,380             5.80
Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,142,327             5.48
Vodafone Group                                                               3,752,180             4.96
Energy XXI                                                                   3,167,098             4.19
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              2,601,249             3.44
HSBC                                                                         2,566,100             3.39
Xstrata                                                                      2,493,540             3.30
Anglo American                                                               2,433,373             3.22
BG Group                                                                     2,185,997             2.89
National Grid                                                                1,869,222             2.47

Total Gross Assets                                                          75,627,585


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

4 March 2008


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