Issue of Equity

Capital Gearing Trust plc

To:                   PR Newswire

From:              Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c.

LEI:                  213800T2PJTPVF1UGW53

Date:               27 December 2019

ISSUE OF EQUITY

On 27 December 2019 Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. (the “Company”) issued 9,000 Ordinary shares of 25p from its block listing facility at a price of 4,395 pence per share.

The Company’s issued share capital now consists of 10,844,422 Ordinary shares, and here are no shares held in Treasury.  Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 10,844,422.

The Company now has authority to issue 1,554,478 Ordinary shares on a non pre-emptive basis.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

PATAC Limited

Company Secretary

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