RNS Number:1164S
F&C Income Growth Inv Tst PLC
17 November 2003

EMBARGOED UNTIL 7.00AM ON MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2003


                      F&C INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                                 BOARD APPOINTMENT





F&C Income Growth Investment Trust PLC is pleased to announce that Neil Dunford
has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from
14 November 2003.



Mr Dunford is not and has not been a director of any publicly quoted company at
any time during the previous five years. There are no details to be revealed in
connection with paragraphs 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the Listing Rules of the UK
Listing Authority.






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