Legal Entity Identifier 213800NN4ZKX2LG1GQ40

                  FINSBURY GROWTH & INCOME TRUST PLC (the "Company")               

                         Results of the Annual General Meeting                     

    At the Annual General Meeting of Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC held on
    Thursday, 26 January 2017, all resolutions were duly passed.  Details of the
    proxy votes received can be found on the Company's website www.finsburygt.com

    A copy of the full text of the special resolutions passed at the Annual General
    Meeting has been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
    available for viewing at www.morningstar.com/nsm.  The special business
    resolutions will additionally be filed with Companies House.

    The special business resolutions passed were as follows:

     1. To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities up to a nominal
        amount of £3,740,268
       
     2. *To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights on the sale of
        equity securities up to a nominal amount of £3,740,268
       
     3. *To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights on the sale of
        Treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £3,740,268 and to sell Treasury
        shares at a discount to the net asset value per share providing that such
        discount is narrower than that at which they were bought.
       
     4. *To authorise the Company to buy back shares up to a maximum of 22,426,645
        shares; and
       
     5. *To authorise the Directors to convene any general meeting of the Company
        (other than annual general meetings) by notice of at least 14 clear days'
        notice
       
        *Special Resolution
       
        26 January 2017
       
        For further information please contact
       
        Victoria Hale
        Frostrow Capital LLP
        Company Secretary
       
        Telephone 020 3170 8732
       
        Disclaimer: Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents
        of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any
        other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.