NEWS RELEASE13 January 2014 THE BIOTECH GROWTH TRUST PLC (the "COMPANY") Non-Mainstream Pooled Product RulesThe Board confirms that the Company currently conducts its affairs so that itsOrdinary Shares of 25p each (the "Shares") can be recommended by independentfinancial advisers ("IFAs") to retail private investors in accordance with theFinancial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") rules in relation to non-mainstreaminvestment products and intends to continue to do so for the foreseeablefuture.The Shares are excluded from the FCA's restrictions which apply tonon-mainstream investment products because they are shares in a UK-listedinvestment trust. - ENDS -For further information please contact:Mark Pope, Frostrow Capital LLPCompany Secretary
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