Directorate change

Schroder Income Growth Fund PLC

13 May 2026

 

13 May 2026

SCHRODER INCOME GROWTH FUND PLC

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Schroder Income Growth Fund plc (the "Company") today announces that Mr Ewen Cameron Watt ("Mr Cameron Watt") will step down as Chairman and retire as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the Company's 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is currently expected to be held in December 2026. Ms Victoria Muir, who has been an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since July 2019 and Senior Independent Director since December 2022, will succeed Mr Cameron Watt as Chairman of the Board following his retirement.

Mr Cameron Watt, Chairman of the Company, commented: "I am pleased to note that your Company will benefit from an orderly and well‑planned transition, and from continuity of leadership under a successor who knows your Company and its investment objective well."

The Board intends to recruit and appoint an additional independent Non-Executive Director in the second half of the calendar year. As part of this process and the associated transition, the Board will consider the respective chair appointments of the Company's Nomination, Remuneration, and Management Engagement Committees. The Company will make a further announcement via a Regulatory News Service in due course.

It is confirmed that there are no other details to be disclosed concerning the directorship change described above under UK Listing Rule 6.4.6.

Enquiries:

Francesca Davis

Schroder Investment Management Limited

Tel: [phone]

 

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