Result of AGM

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC                       

         Results of the Annual General Meeting Heldon 27 January 2011          

The Board are pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held
on 27 January 2011, all resolutions as detailed below were passed by
shareholders.

Resolutions            Votes For    %     Votes     %     Total      Votes  
                                         Against        Votes Cast Withheld 
                                                                            
Ordinary Resolutions                                                        
                                                                            
 1. To receive and     21,086,514 99.73  56,632   0.27  21,143,146     0    
    consider the                                                            
    audited accounts                                                        
    and the Report of                                                       
    the Directors for                                                       
    the year ended 30                                                       
    September 2010.                                                         
                                                                            
 2. To re-elect John   20,582,047 98.81  248,579  1.19  20,830,626  312,520 
    Allard as a                                                             
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 3. To re-elect        20,624,192 98.41  333,946  1.59  20,958,138  185,008 
    Vanessa Renwick as                                                      
    a Director of the                                                       
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 4. To re-elect Giles  20,208,412 96.61  708,384  3.39  20,916,796  226,350 
    Warman as a                                                             
    Director of the                                                         
    Company                                                                 
                                                                            
 5. To approve the     20,151,613 96.49  733,814  3.51  20,885,427  257,719 
    Directors'                                                              
    Remuneration                                                            
    Report.                                                                 
                                                                            
 6. To reappoint Grant 20,937,637 99.13  182,967  0.87  21,120,604  22,542  
    Thornton UK LLP as                                                      
    auditors of the                                                         
    Company and to                                                          
    authorise the                                                           
    Directors to                                                            
    determine their                                                         
    remuneration.                                                           
                                                                            
Special Business                                                            
                                                                            
 7. To authorise the   20,666,034 98.76  258,947  1.24  20,924,981  218,165 
    Directors to allot                                                      
    securities in the                                                       
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 8. To disapply the    20,586,009 98.23  371,833  1.77  20,957,842  185,304 
    rights of                                                               
    pre-emption in                                                          
    relation to the                                                         
    allotment of                                                            
    securities                                                              
    (Special                                                                
    Resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
 9. To authorise the   16,931,679 84.46 3,115,582 15.54 20,047,261 1,095,885
    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).                                                            
                                                                            
10. To authorise the   20,865,193 98.75  265,131  1.25  21,130,324  12,822  
    Company to make                                                         
    market purchases                                                        
    of Ordinary shares                                                      
    in the Company.                                                         
    (Special                                                                
    Resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
11. That the Directors 20,678,935 97.86  451,322  2.14  21,130,257  12,889  
    be permitted to                                                         
    hold General                                                            
    Meetings                                                                
    (excluding the                                                          
    Annual general                                                          
    meeting) on 14                                                          
    clear days'                                                             
    notice.                                                                 
                                                                            
(Special Resolution)                                                        

PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS AT THE AGM OF THE COMPANY UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS

A copy of the above document will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

                                    - ENDS-                                    

27th January 2011

Frostrow Capital LLP

Secretary

For further information please contact:

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

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