Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
03 January 2008



                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 December 2007

Stock Name                                                                Market Value                %
                                                                                     £

Royal Dutch Shell                                                            4,861,416             5.75
BP                                                                           4,521,098             5.34
Vodafone Group                                                               4,334,057             5.12
Energy XXI                                                                   3,270,366             3.87
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              3,259,513             3.85
HSBC                                                                         2,817,350             3.33
National Grid                                                                2,325,492             2.75
Anglo American                                                               2,318,179             2.74
BG Group                                                                     2,107,074             2.49
BT Group Ord                                                                 2,090,356             2.47

Total Gross Assets                                                          84,602,574


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

3 January 2008



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