Governance The Biotech Growth Trust PLC

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GB0000385517

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06-03	EARNINGS AND TRADING: Vaultz Capital ousts CEO Benz, promotes Wood	AN
06-03	The Biotech Growth Trust PLC Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended March 31, 2026	CI

Executive Committee: The Biotech Growth Trust PLC

Manager	Positions heldSince

Composition of the Board of Directors: The Biotech Growth Trust PLC

Director

CommitteesSince

Roger Yates

69 year

Audit Committee	12/03/2024
Nominating Committee Chair	12/03/2024

Dame Jenny Harries

Audit Committee	15/09/2025
Nominating Committee	15/09/2025

Julie Tankard

60 year

Nominating Committee	02/09/2024
Audit Committee Chair	16/07/2025

Hamish Baillie

Audit Committee	31/12/2025
Nominating Committee	31/12/2025

Nicola Shepherd

Audit Committee	17/01/2021
Nominating Committee	17/01/2021

Geoffrey Hsu

Director/Board Member

15/05/2018

Latest Appointments: The Biotech Growth Trust PLC

17/09/25	Biotech Growth Trust appoints former UKHSA head Jenny Harries to board	AN
04/09/24	The Biotech Growth Trust PLC Appoints Julie Tankard as Independent Non-Executive Director	CI
18/07/24	The Biotech Growth Trust plc Appoints Hamish Baillie as A Director	CI
09/11/23	The Biotech Growth Trust plc Appoints Hamish Baillie to the Board	CI
09/10/23	The Biotech Growth Trust plc Announces Appointment of Hamish Baillie as Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective from November 1, 2023	CI
16/11/21	The Biotech Growth Trust PLC Announces Directorate Changes	CI
14/07/21	The Biotech Growth Trust PLC Appoints Nicki Shepherd as a Director of the Company	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: The Biotech Growth Trust PLC

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Julia Le Blan

Director/Board Member	11/07/2016	16/07/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	11/07/2016	16/07/2025

David Willetts

Director/Board Member	10/11/2015	16/07/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	10/11/2015	16/07/2025

Steve Bates

Director/Board Member	07/07/2015	17/07/2024
Independent Dir/Board Member	07/07/2015	17/07/2024

Andrew Joy

Director/Board Member	14/03/2012	11/07/2016
Chairman	11/07/2016	18/07/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	14/03/2012	11/07/2016

Dame Davies

Director/Board Member	14/03/2012	13/07/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	14/03/2012	13/07/2021

Sven Borho

Director/Board Member

22/03/2006

15/05/2018

Peter Stephen Keen

Director/Board Member	22/06/1997	11/07/2017
Independent Dir/Board Member	22/06/1997	11/07/2017

William Arthur Waldegrave

Director/Board Member	16/09/2009	12/07/2012
Chairman	12/07/2012	11/07/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	05/06/1998	11/07/2016

Paul Gaunt

Director/Board Member	04/06/1997	07/07/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	04/06/1997	07/07/2015

John Laurie Gordon

Director/Board Member	31/05/1997	09/07/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/05/1997	09/07/2014
Public Communications Contact	14/09/2009	16/09/2009

John Richard Sclater

Chairman

31/05/1997

11/07/2012

J. Anthony Townsend

Director/Board Member

07/11/2007

Christopher Evans

Founder

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	4
Female	2

Of which Executive Committee

Male	0
Female	0

Of which Directors

Male	4
Female	2

The Biotech Growth Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based externally managed investment trust. The Company's investment objective is to seek capital appreciation through investment in the biotechnology industry across the world. It invests in a diversified portfolio of shares and related securities in biotechnology companies on a worldwide basis. The Company invests more than 10%, in aggregate, of the value of its gross assets in other closed-end investment companies (including investment trusts) listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company invests more than 15% of the value of its gross assets in any one individual stock at the time of acquisition. Its portfolio of investments across various countries includes the Netherlands, the United States of America, Canada, and China. The Companyâ€™s alternative investment fund manager is Frostrow Capital LLP.

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