Purchase of Own Securities

British Portfolio Trust PLC 24 July 2002 British Portfolio Trust plc announces that on 24th July 2002 it re-purchased, for cancellation, 16,000 Ordinary 1p Shares (representing 0.04% of the issued Ordinary capital), at the price of 98p per Ordinary Share. Settlement and cancellation of the re-purchased 16,000 Ordinary Shares is due on 29th July 2002 when the issued share capital of the Trust will fall to 43,311,105 Ordinary 1p Shares. Enquiries: P W I Ingram Company Secretary Tel: 020 7475 6410 As at 24th July 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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