Change of Name

Finsbury Life Sciences Inv Tst PLC
20 May 2005

                  FINSBURY LIFE SCIENCES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                                (the 'Company')



Further to the resolutions passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company held on Thursday, 19 May 2005.


The name of the Company has been changed to:


                  'FINSBURY EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC'





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Further information:



Tracey Lago - 020 7426 6219
Close Finsbury Asset Management Limited
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