Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
04 June 2007



                           BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC

                        TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 May 2007

Stock Name                                             Market Value       %
                                                            £

Royal Dutch Shell                                       4,435,548        4.87
BP                                                      4,153,230        4.56
GlaxoSmithKline                                         3,917,529        4.30
Vodafone Group                                          3,648,274        4.00
Energy XXI                                              3,574,132        3.92
HSBC                                                    3,127,225        3.43
Royal Bank of Scotland                                  2,809,857        3.08
Anglo American                                          2,513,550        2.76
National Grid                                           2,181,892        2.39
BT                                                      2,060,693        2.26

Total Gross Assets                                     91,155,785


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

4 June 2007




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