Issue of Equity

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC

Allotment of Ordinary Shares

On 4 June 2015 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company") allotted from
its block listing authority of 26 January 2015 100,000 new Ordinary shares of
25p each at a price of 594.50 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 5,016,501
ordinary shares under its blocklisting facility.

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now
stands at 112,500,212 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is
112,500,212. There are no shares held in treasury.

The above figure of 112,500,212 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:

Victoria Hale

Frostrow Capital LLP           

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