AGM Statement

FINSBURY WORLDWIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TRUST PLC                  

                              Results of the AGM                               

The Company announces that the following resolutions were passed at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on Friday, 17th July 2009 and the level of
proxy votes received is shown below.

Resolutions            Votes For    %   Votes     %     Total      Votes    
                                        Against         Votes Cast          
                                                                   Withheld*
                                                                            
Ordinary Resolutions                                                        
                                                                            
 1. To receive and     17,792,164 99.97 5,743     0.03  17,797,907 1,126,305
    consider the                                                            
    audited accounts                                                        
    and the Report of                                                       
    the Directors for                                                       
    the year ended 31                                                       
    March 2009.                                                             
                                                                            
 2. To re-elect Mr     13,462,723 75.77 4,304,060 24.23 17,766,783 1,157,429
    Paul Gaunt as a                                                         
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 3. To re-elect        17,032,146 97.11 506,785   2.89  17,538,931 1,385,281
    Professor Duncan                                                        
    Geddes as a                                                             
    Director of the                                                         
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 4. To re-elect Mr     12,455,733 70.01 5,335,896 29.99 17,791,629 1,132,583
    Samuel D Isaly as                                                       
    a Director of the                                                       
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
 5. To re-elect Mr     17,027,365 97.09 510,716   2.91  17,538,081 1,386,131
    Anthony Townsend                                                        
    as a Director of                                                        
    the Company.                                                            
                                                                            
 6. To re-appoint      17,696,809 99.50 88,825    0.50  17,785,634 1,138,578
    Ernst & Young LLP                                                       
    as auditors and to                                                      
    authorise the                                                           
    Directors to                                                            
    determine their                                                         
    remuneration.                                                           
                                                                            
 7. To approve the     17,570,231 98.91 192,750   1.09  17,762,981 1,161,231
    Directors'                                                              
    Remuneration                                                            
    Report.                                                                 
                                                                            
Special Business                                                            
                                                                            
 8. To adopt new       17,534,787 98.72 227,709   1.28  17,762,496 1,161,716
    Articles of                                                             
    Association.                                                            
    (Special                                                                
    resolution)                                                             
                                                                            
 9. To authorise the   17,686,573 99.58 74,304    0.42  17,760,877 1,163,335
    Directors to allot                                                      
    securities in the                                                       
    Company.                                                                
                                                                            
10. . To disapply the  16,399,220 92.37 1,355,303 7.63  17,754,523 1,169,689
    rights of                                                               
    pre-emption in                                                          
    relation to the                                                         
    allotment of                                                            
    securities                                                              
    contained in                                                            
    section 89 of the                                                       
    Companies Act                                                           
    1985. (Special                                                          
    resolution).                                                            
                                                                            
11. To sell relevant   14,997,510 84.47 2,757,121 15.53 17,754,631 1,169,581
    shares (within the                                                      
    meaning of section                                                      
    94 of the                                                               
    Companies Act                                                           
    1985) for cash as                                                       
    if Section 89(1)                                                        
    of the Companies                                                        
    Act 1985 did not                                                        
    apply if                                                                
    immediately before                                                      
    the sale such                                                           
    shares are held by                                                      
    the Company as                                                          
    treasury shares.                                                        
    (Special                                                                
    resolution)                                                             
                                                                            
12. To authorise the   17,691,879 99.59 72,981    0.41  17,764,860 1,159,352
    Company to make                                                         
    market purchases                                                        
    of Ordinary shares                                                      
    in the Company.                                                         
    (Special                                                                
    resolution)                                                             
                                                                            
13. That as permitted  17,549,921 98.69 233,663   1.31  17,783,584 1,140,628
    by the EU                                                               
    Shareholders'                                                           
    Rights Directive                                                        
    (2007/36/EC) any                                                        
    General Meeting of                                                      
    the Company (other                                                      
    than the Annual                                                         
    General Meeting)                                                        
    shall be called by                                                      
    notice of at least                                                      
    14 clear days.                                                          
    (Special                                                                
    resolution)                                                             
                                                                            
14. That the Company   18,795,864 99.57 80,878    0.43  18,876,742 47,470   
    should continue as                                                      
    an investment                                                           
    trust for a                                                             
    further period of                                                       
    five years.                                                             

* Please note that `Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against `a resolution.

                                    - ENDS-                                    

17th July 2009

Frostrow Capital LLP

Secretary

For further information please contact:

Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP -        020 3 008   
          Company Secretary             4913        

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