Issue of Equity

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc - Issue of Equity

PR Newswire

London, March 24

FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800NN4ZKX2LG1GQ40

Issue of Ordinary Shares

On 24 March 2020 FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the “Company”) issued 65,000 new ordinary shares of 25p each, from treasury, at a price of 682.75 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%.

The Company has the ability to issue a further 7,793,338 ordinary shares under its block listing facility of 13 November 2019.

Following this transaction, the Company hereby notifies the market that the total number of Ordinary shares held by the Company in treasury is 51,412 and the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 209,581,303 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 209,581,303.

The above figure of 209,581,303 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Victoria Hale Frostrow Capital LLP Tel: 0203 170 8732