FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC

    Allotment of Ordinary Shares

    On 3 March 2016 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company") allotted
    from its block listing authority of 3 December 2015 50,000 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 8,370,501
    ordinary shares under its block listing facility.

    As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now
    stands at 129,146,212 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is
    129,146,212. There are no shares held in treasury.

    The above figure of 129,146,212 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:

    Katherine Manson      

    Frostrow Capital LLP             

    Tel: 0203 709 8734