Hygea VCT plc : Directorate change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     7 October 2015

HYGEA VCT PLC  ("Hygea" or "the Company")

BOARD CHANGES

The Board of Hygea today announces that James Otter has resigned as a Director and Richard Roth has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Richard brings considerable financial, operational and VCT experience to the Board of Hygea. He is Chairman of Oxford Technology 2 VCT plc (OT2) and a Director of OT1, OT3 and OT4 and, as previously announced, has been assisting the Board of Hygea with its review of the Board structure, performance fee arrangements and other costs since July 2015. These reviews are ongoing and the results will be announced in due course. Richard holds 159,612  shares in the Company, representing a holding of 1.96%.   

Richard's additional current directorships, and former directorships within the last five years are as follows:

Current	Former
OT2 Managers Limited	First Aviation Limited
OT4 Managers Limited
TYM (UK) Limited

No other information is required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

The Board of Hygea would like to thank James for his considerable contribution to Hygea over the last eleven years.

Enquiries:

John Hustler, Hygea vct plc on 01428 727985 or [e-mail]

Roland Cornish, Beaumont Cornish Limited on 020 7628 3396

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Source: Hygea VCT plc via Globenewswire

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