FGT Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc

                      FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC

                         Allotment of Ordinary Shares

On 18 December 2014 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company") allotted
from its block listing authority of 23 July 2014 50,000 new Ordinary shares of
25p each at a price of 528.50 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 1.45%, such premium including a placing commission of 0.2%.

Following this issue, the Company has the ability to issue a further 4,631,501
ordinary shares under its blocklisting facility.

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now
stands at 102,885,212 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is
102,885,212. There are no shares held in treasury.

The above figure of 102,885,212 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
Tel: 020 3 170 8732