RNS Number:1774K
Royal London Growth & Inc Trust PLC
17 April 2003

Royal London Growth & Income Trust plc ("the Company")



Purchase of own securities

The Board of Royal London Growth & Income Trust plc announces that it has today
made a market purchase of 470,000 geared ordinary shares of one penny each in
the capital of the Company (SEDOL No. 0213154), representing 0.43% of the
current issued geared ordinary share capital of the Company, for cancellation at
a price of 24 pence per geared ordinary share.


Following cancellation, 108,810,935 geared ordinary shares in the Company will
remain in issue.





Cogent Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

17 APRIL 2003






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