Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 March 2007


                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 28 February 2007

Stock Name                                         Market Value           %
                                                        £

BP                                                 4,607,833             5.68
GlaxoSmithKline                                    4,276,386             5.27
Royal Dutch Shell                                  3,454,006             4.26
Energy XXI                                         3,321,932             4.09
Vodafone Group                                     3,267,283             4.03
Royal Bank of Scotland                             2,997,181             3.69
HSBC                                               2,984,850             3.68
Astrazeneca                                        2,175,151             2.68
Barclays                                           2,079,089             2.56
Anglo American                                     1,998,926             2.46

Total Gross Assets                                81,147,008


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

2 March 2007




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