CAPITAL GEARING TRUST P.L.C. (the 'Company')

Quarterly Portfolio Update

In accordance with Listing Rule 15.6.8, the Company announces that as at 3
January 2014, 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 2018                       1.30%

Jupiter Second Split                                         0.94%

The Cayenne Trust 3.25% Conv 2016                            0.93%

Utilico Finance Ltd Zero Div Pref 2016                       0.92%

Oryx International Growth                                    0.76%

Renewables Infrastructure                                    0.60%

Miton Worldwide Growth Investment Trust                      0.48%

BACIT                                                        0.35%

BH Global EUR                                                0.30%

BH Global GBP                                                0.29%

Hansa Trust 'A' (Non-Voting)                                 0.17%

Dexion Absolute GBP                                          0.16%

Dexion Trading                                               0.15%

BH Global USD                                                0.10%

Dexion Absolute USD                                          0.07%

Geiger Counter                                               0.06%

Total                                                        7.58%

The Company also announces that as at 3 January 2014 the ten largest
investments were as follows:

Name                                                     Percentage of
                                                           portfolio

UK Treasury 0.125% Index Linked 2024                         6.11%

USA Treasury 2.0% Index Linked 2026                          4.43%

Switzerland 3.0% 2018                                        4.18%

North Atlantic Smaller Companies                             3.69%

USA Treasury 1.375% Index Linked 2018                        3.52%

M&G High Income Investment Trust                             3.04%

UK Treasury 1.25% Index Linked 2027                          2.97%

Sweden 0.5% Index Linked 2017                                2.90%

USA Treasury 0.625% Index Linked 2021                        2.66%

Ecofin Water & Power Opps.                                   2.48%

Total                                                       35.98%

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:
Johana J. Woodruff, TMF Corporate Secretarial Services Limited
Email: company.secretary@capitalgearingtrust.com

Date: 08 January 2014