Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO) ORD GBP0.01

To invest in a diversified portfolio of both public equity investments and private equity investments consisting predominantly of UK Companies with strong longterm growth prospects. The Company’s portfolio will typically consist of 30 to 50 holdings and will target companies with an equity value between approximately £50 million and £2 billion at the time of initial investment.

The management fee is at 0.6% p.a. of the quarterly cum income NAV, and the performance fee will be equal to 15% of the amount by which the Private Equity Portfolio Total Return at the end of a Calculation Period exceeds the Performance Hurdle of 10% p.a.

The Board is not recommending payment of a dividend. The Company is targeting a total return and the focus is on long-term growth rather than providing investors with dividend income.

Tim Creed

Tim Creed is the Head of Private Equity Investments at Schroders Capital. He is a member of Schroders Capital Private Equity Management Committee and a member of the Private Equity Investment Committee. He is also on the advisory board of several leading European buyout and turnaround fund managers. Prior to joining Schroders in 2004, Mr. Creed worked as a Project Manager at Aon in London, UK, having previously spent five years at Accenture in Strategy Consulting and Operations Consulting, where he worked mostly with financial services companies across Europe. Tim started his career as a Research Chemist at Astra Zeneca, also in the UK. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Creed held a part-time position as an Executive Public member of Network Rail in the UK.

Justin WardChairman, Tim Jenkinson, Diana Dyer Bartlett, Jemma Bruton