Portfolio Update

CAPITAL GEARING TRUST P.L.C

Monthly Portfolio Update

Capital Gearing Trust p.l.c announces that as at 30 April 2010 it had the
following investments in other listed closed-ended investment funds, which do
not have a stated investment policy to invest no more than 15% of their total
assets in other listed closed-ended investment funds:

Name                                                              Percentage of     
                                                                      portfolio       
                                                                               
Utilico Finance LTD Zero Div Pref 2012                                    2.43%
                                                                               
London & St Lawrence Investment Company                                   1.22%
                                                                               
Utilico Finance LTD Zero Div Pref 2016                                    0.79%
                                                                               
Advance Developing Markets Subscription Shares                            0.67%
                                                                               
Iimia Investment Trust                                                    0.44%
                                                                               
Utilico Ltd                                                               0.30%
                                                                               
Eclectic Investment Trust                                                 0.15%
                                                                               
Ceres Agriculture Fund                                                    0.15%
                                                                               
Tapestry Investment Co Red Ptg Pref Shares                                0.13%
                                                                               
Total                                                                     6.28%

Capital Gearing Trust p.l.c also announces that as at 30 April 2010 the ten
largest investments were as follows:

Name                                                              Percentage of    
                                                                      portfolio      
                                                                               
Treasury 2.5% Index Linked 2013                                           6.55%
                                                                               
Switzerland (Govt of) 2% Bonds 2014                                       6.01%
                                                                               
USA Treasury 1.75% Index Linked Bonds 2028                                5.64%
                                                                               
Switzerland (Govt of) 3% Bonds 2018                                       4.85%
                                                                               
France (Govt of) 5.5% OAT 2029                                            4.63%
                                                                               
Germany (Fed Rep) 4.75% Bonds 2028                                        4.34%
                                                                               
USA Treasury 2% Index Linked Bonds 2016                                   4.32%
                                                                               
USA Treasury 1.375% Index Linked Bonds 2018                               4.28%
                                                                               
Treasury 1.25% Index Linked 2017                                          3.52%
                                                                               
USA Treasury 2% Index Linked Bonds 2026                                   3.20%
                                                                               
Total                                                                    47.34%

There were no additional investments with a value greater than 5% of the
Company's portfolio.

It should be noted that the above percentages are calculated using `bid
prices'.

Enquiries:

Keith Hawkins, TMF Corporate Secretarial Services Limited

Email: [e-mail]

Date: 5 May 2010