Purchase of Own Securities

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 September 2002


British Portfolio Trust plc announces that on 2nd September 2002 it
re-purchased, for cancellation, 17,000 Ordinary 1p Shares (representing 0.04% of
the issued Ordinary capital), at a price of 111.5p per Ordinary Share.

Settlement and cancellation of the re-purchased 17,000 Ordinary Shares is due on
5th September 2002 when the issued share capital of the Trust will fall to
42,058,584 Ordinary 1p Shares.

Enquiries:

P W I Ingram

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

As at 2nd September 2002


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