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

Monthly Portfolio Update

Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. announces that, as at 31 December 2013, it held
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                          1.31%

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                                       0.77%

Renewables Infrastructure                                       0.60%

Miton Worldwide Growth Investment Trust                         0.48%

BACIT                                                           0.35%

BH Global GBP                                                   0.29%

BH Global EUR                                                   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                                                           7.59%


Capital Gearing Trust P.l.c. also announces that, as at 31 December 2013, the
ten largest investments were as follows:

Name                                                       Percentage of
                                                             portfolio

UK Treasury 0.125% Index-Linked 2024                            6.15%

USA Treasury 2.0% Index-Linked 2026                             4.38%

Switzerland 3.0% 2018                                           4.23%

North Atlantic Smaller Companies                                3.70%

USA Treasury 1.375% Index-Linked 2018                           3.50%

UK Treasury 1.25% Index-Linked 2017                             2.98%

Sweden 0.5% Index-Linked 2017                                   2.93%

M&G High Income Investment Trust                                2.87%

USA Treasury 0.625% Index-Linked 2021                           2.63%

Ecofin Water & Power Opps.                                      2.49%

Total                                                          35.86%

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: 3 January 2014