Bankers Investment Trust : Proxy Form UK 2023

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THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting - Form of Proxy

at 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AE on Thursday 23 February 2023 at 12 noon

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Voting ID	Task ID

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Shareholders are strongly encouraged to appoint the Chair of the Meeting as their proxy as the voting will be conducted on a poll rather than a show of hands.

1722-0149

Shareholder Reference Number

If you cannot attend the Annual General Meeting (the 'Meeting'), you may appoint a proxy/proxies to act for you by completing and returning this form. Please read the Notice of Annual General Meeting including the explanatory notes to the Notice, as well as the notes overleaf before completing this Form. The completion of this Form of Proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the meeting.

I/We being (a) member(s) of The Bankers Investment Trust PLC (the 'Company'), hereby appoint the Chair of the Meeting or

(insert name of proxy, if you wish to appoint someone other than the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy - see note 2 overleaf) as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name(s) and on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 23 February 2023 at 12 noon and at any adjournment thereof.

Please tick here

if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (please see note 3 overleaf for multiple appointments)

and please insert here

the number of shares over which this proxy is authorised.

Please indicate how you wish your votes to be cast by completing one box for each resolution in black ink, like this: X Ordinary Business

1. To receive the Annual Report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2022.
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 October 2022.
4. To approve the Final Dividend of 0.60p per share.
5. To re-appoint Mr Simon Miller as a Director of the Company.
6. To re-appoint Mr Julian Chillingworth as a Director of the Company.
7. To re-appoint Miss Isobel Sharp as a Director of the Company.
8. To re-appoint Mr Richard West as a Director of the Company.
9. To appoint Ms Hannah Philp as a Director of the Company.
10. To appoint Ms Charlotte Valeur as a Director of the Company.
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as statutory Auditor to the Company.
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration.

Other Business

1. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.
2. To disapply pre-emption rights.*
3. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares.*
4. To authorise that a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.* * Special Resolution

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Dated		Signature

please also read note 4 overleaf.

For Against Vote Withheld

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Notes:

1. Right to attend the meeting and vote: Only members registered in the Register of Members of the Company at 12 noon on 21 February 2023 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting in respect of the number of voting rights registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries on the Register of Members after 12 noon on 21 February 2023 shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the Meeting. In the case of joint holders of a voting right, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and, for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding.
2. Right to appoint a proxy: You are entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote on your behalf at the Meeting, provided that each

proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to different shares held by you. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. If you wish to appoint a person other than the Chair, please insert the name of your chosen proxy in the space provided overleaf.

1. Procedure for appointing more than one proxy: To appoint more than one proxy, additional Forms of Proxy may be obtained by contacting the Registrar's helpline on 0371 384 2471 ([phone] if you are calling from overseas) or you may photocopy this form. Lines open 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales). Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name (see reverse) the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank, your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement, with the result that your other proxy appointments may be invalidated or may supersede this proxy appointment. Please also indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All Forms of Proxy must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
2. Voting by proxy: Please indicate how you wish your votes to be cast by completing one box for each resolution in black ink. If you mark the vote

withheld box for any resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a poll on that resolution and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on that poll. If no specific instructions are given, your proxy will have discretion to vote or withhold a vote as he or she thinks fit on these resolutions. Your proxy will also have discretion to vote or withhold a vote as he or she thinks fit on any other business, which may properly come before the meeting.

Please sign and date this Form of Proxy. Any alterations to this Form of Proxy should be initialled. If this Form of Proxy is returned unsigned, your proxy appointment will be invalid.

A corporation must seal the Form of Proxy and have it signed by an officer or attorney or other person authorised to sign.

1. Deadline for returning this Form of Proxy: To be valid, this Form of Proxy must be lodged with the Company's Registrars, Equiniti Limited ('EQ') before 12 noon on 21 February 2023. A business reply paid envelope has been supplied to you for this purpose. You may terminate your proxy's authority at any time before the commencement of the meeting by writing to the Registrars. The address to which proxy cards and terminations of proxies should be sent is:
   EQ, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA.
2. CREST Proxy Appointment: The CREST electronic proxy appointment service is available for this meeting. To use this service CREST members should transmit a CREST proxy instruction, using the procedures described in the CREST manual, so as to reach the Company's Registrars, EQ (CREST participant ID RA19) by no later than 12 noon on 21 February 2023. Further details on the use of the CREST system are set out in the Explanatory Notes to the Notice of the Meeting.
3. Electronic Proxy Appointments: As an alternative to completing and returning the printed Form of Proxy, shareholders are strongly encouraged to register the appointment of their proxy electronically via the internet through EQ's website at www.sharevote.co.uk where full instructions on the procedure are given. The Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder Reference Number printed on the reverse of this form will be required in order to use this electronic proxy appointment system. Alternatively, shareholders who have already registered with EQ's online portfolio service, Shareview, can appoint their proxy electronically by logging on to their portfolio at www.shareview.co.uk, using their usual user ID and password, then clicking on 'View' on the 'My Investments' page, leading to the link to vote. The on-screen instructions give details on how to complete the proxy appointment process. A proxy appointment made electronically will not be valid if sent to any address other than those provided or if received after 12 noon on 21 February 2023.

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