Result of AGM

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC                       

                              Results of the AGM                               

The Company announces that all resolutions were passed at the Annual General
Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday, 27th January 2010 and the level of
proxy votes received is shown below.

Resolutions             Votes For    %     Votes     %     Total     Votes  
                                          Against        Votes Cast         
                                                                    Withheld
                                                                       *    
                                                                            
Ordinary Resolutions                                                        
                                                                            
 1. To receive and      19,148,128 99.48  99,675   0.52  19,247,803  26,121 
    consider the                                                            
    audited accounts                                                        
    and the Report of                                                       
    the Directors for                                                       
    the year ended 30                                                       
    September 2009.                                                         
                                                                            
 2. To re-elect John    18,657,717 97.84  410,952  2.16  19,068,669 205,755 
    Allard as a                                                             
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 3. To re-elect David   18,837,317 98.76  236,001  1.24  19,073,318 201,106 
    Hunt as a Director                                                      
    of the Company.                                                         
                                                                            
 4. To re-elect Vanessa 18,716,107 98.19  345,599  1.81  19,061,706 212,718 
    Renwick as a                                                            
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 5. To re-elect Anthony 18,485,226 98.66  251,597  1.34  18,736,823 537,101 
    Townsend as a                                                           
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 6. To re-elect Giles   18,755,825 97.97  388,271  2.03  19,144,096 130,328 
    Warman as a                                                             
    Director of the                                                         
    Company                                                                 
                                                                            
 7. To approve the      18,316,084 96.09  746,208  3.91  19,062,292 211,632 
    Directors'                                                              
    Remuneration                                                            
    Report.                                                                 
                                                                            
 8. To reappoint Grant  19,073,711 99.15  163,331  0.85  19,237,042  36,882 
    Thornton UK LLP as                                                      
    auditors of the                                                         
    Company and to                                                          
    authorise the                                                           
    Directors to                                                            
    determine their                                                         
    remuneration.                                                           
                                                                            
Special Business                                                            
                                                                            
 9. To authorise the    18,973,193 98.91  208,634  1.09  19,181,827  92,097 
    Directors to allot                                                      
    securities in the                                                       
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
10. To disapply the     18,592,827 97.45  486,199  2.55  19,079,026 194,898 
    rights of                                                               
    pre-emption in                                                          
    relation to the                                                         
    allotment of                                                            
    securities (Special                                                     
    Resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
11. To authorise the    15,077,384 78.59 4,108,643 21.41 19,186,027  87,897 
    Directors to sell                                                       
    relevant shares                                                         
    (within the meaning                                                     
    of Section 560 of                                                       
    the Companies Act                                                       
    2006) for cash if,                                                      
    immediately before                                                      
    the sale, such                                                          
    shares are held by                                                      
    the Company as                                                          
    treasury shares,                                                        
    (Special                                                                
    Resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
12. To authorise the    19,031,473 98.96  200,474  1.04  19,231,947  41,977 
    Company to make                                                         
    market purchases of                                                     
    Ordinary shares in                                                      
    the Company.                                                            
    (Special                                                                
    Resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
13. To authorise the    18,350,103 96.34  697,662  3.66  19,047,765 226,159 
    Directors to                                                            
    communicate with                                                        
    members by                                                              
    electronic means                                                        
                                                                            
14. That the Directors  18,950,723 98.76  238,699  1.24  19,189,422  84,502 
    be permitted to                                                         
    hold General                                                            
    Meetings (excluding                                                     
    the AGM) on 14                                                          
    clear days' notice.                                                     
                                                                            
(Special Resolution).                                                       
                                                                            
15. That the Company's  18,957,165 98.93  204,738  1.07  19,161,903 112,021 
    investment policy                                                       
    be amended.                                                             

* Please note that `Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against `a resolution.

                                    - ENDS-                                    

27th January 2010

Frostrow Capital LLP

Secretary

For further information please contact:

Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP -        020 3 008 4913  
          Company Secretary