Issue of Equity

Capital Gearing Trust plc

To:                   PR Newswire

From:              Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c.

Date:               19 May 2016

ISSUE OF EQUITY

On 19 May 2016 Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. (the “Company”) issued 1,000 Ordinary Shares of 25p from its block listing facility at a price of 3,435 pence per share.

The Company’s issued share capital now consists of 3,372,744 Ordinary shares, and there are no shares held in Treasury.  Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 3,372,744.

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 and Transparency Rules.

Steven Cowie

Company Secretary

Enquiries: 0131 538 6604