Block Listing Application

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LEI:  213800T2PJTPVF1UGW53

From:  Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c.

Date:  16 December 2022

Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. (the "Company")

Block Listing Application and Discount Control Policy Update

Under the Company’s discount and premium control policy, the Company aims to purchase or issue shares to ensure, in normal market conditions, that the shares trade consistently close to their underlying net asset value per share. The Company has experienced a high level of demand for its shares and anticipates that if the current rate of issuance continues, the relevant prospectus exemption limits required to operate this policy are likely to be exhausted.

Following the publication of a prospectus by the Company earlier today (the "Prospectus"), the Company has also today made an application to the Financial Conduct Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the block listing of 15,000,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each for the purposes of operating its discount and premium control policy (the "Block Listing").

Any shares issued in connection with the Block Listing will, when issued, rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company and will be issued at prices which shall be at a premium to net asset value and therefore will not result in a dilution of the net asset value per share of the Company.

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