Month End Portfolio Update

British Assets Trust PLC 15 May 2006 British Asset Trust plc ALL DATA AS AT 30th April 2006 THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, http://www.fandc.com/ FROM APPROXIMATELY 18th May 2006 Top ten equity holdings BP Plc 6.1% HSBC Holdings 4.5% Royal Dutch Shell 4.5% GlaxoSmithKline 4.0% Vodafone Group 3.6% Royal Bank of Scotland Group 2.7% AstraZeneca 1.7% Anglo American 1.6% HBOS 1.6% Barclays 1.5% Total 31.8% Country UK 68.0% Europe (ex-UK) 5.4% North America 10.5% Japan 5.6% Far East (ex Japan) 3.5% Corporate Bonds 5.4% Cash 1.6% Total 100.0 Actual gearing: 122.2 Potential gearing: 124.2 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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