Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 April 2008


                            BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC

                        TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 March 2008

Stock Name                                 Market Value            %
                                                £

BP                                          4,111,110             5.73
Royal Dutch Shell                           3,946,846             5.50
Vodafone Group                              3,482,023             4.85
HSBC                                        2,780,500             3.88
Energy XXI                                  2,641,506             3.68
GlaxoSmithKline                             2,513,911             3.50
Anglo American                              2,277,523             3.17
Xstrata                                     2,221,380             3.10
BG Group                                    2,134,605             2.98
National Grid                               1,762,191             2.46

Total Gross Assets                         71,746,830


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

2 April 2008

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