FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC - Issue of Equity

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC

                         Allotment of Ordinary Shares

On 26 September 2014 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company")
allotted from its block listing authority of 4 February 2014 50,000 new
Ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 509.25 pence per share; these shares
rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares in issue. The issue price
equates to a premium to the cum income net asset value per share at the time of
the transaction of 0.7%, such premium including a placing commission of 0.2%.

Following this issue, the Company has the ability to issue a further 221,501
ordinary shares under its blocklisting facility.

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now
stands at 97,295,212 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is
97,295,212. There are no shares held in treasury.

The above figure of 97,295,212 may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Mark Pope

Frostrow Capital LLP

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