Loan Facility

7 January 2009

                  FINSBURY WORLDWIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TRUST PLC                  

                                (the "Company")                                

                                 Loan Facility                                 

The Board of Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust PLC announces that
following the expiry of the Company's committed multicurrency loan facility
with Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. on 31 December 2008, its borrowing requirements
are now met through the utilisation of a loan facility, repayable on demand,
provided by Goldman Sachs & Co New York. As at 31 December 2008, the Company
had net borrowings of £39.3m (equating to 14.0% of net assets) under the loan
facility provided by Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Mark Pope       Frostrow Capital LLP                         020 3 008 4913