Issue of Equity

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC                       

                         Allotment of Ordinary Shares                          

On 5 April 2013 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company") allotted
from its blocklisting authority of 18 December 2012 100,000 new Ordinary shares
of 25p each at a price of 449.50 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 2,530,338
ordinary shares under its block listing facility.

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now
stands at 76,136,219 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is
76,136,219. There are no shares held in treasury.

The above figure of 76,136,219 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 FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Victoria Streater

Frostrow Capital LLP

Tel: [phone]