Retirement of Non-Executive Director
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ASX Announcement
21 May 2025
Retirement of Non-Executive Director
Cogstate Limited (ASX.CGS) advises that Mr Richad van den Broek has today retired as a non-executive director
of Cogstate Ltd.
Appointed to the Cogstate Board of Directors on 30 August 2010, Mr van den Broek was Cogstate’s first USAbased non-executive director. Mr van den Broek was an existing Cogstate Ltd shareholder at the time of his
appointment to the Cogstate Board and he continues to hold 4,458,500 Cogstate Ltd shares today.
In respect of Mr van den Broek’s long tenure, Cogstate Chair, Mr Martyn Myer said, “As a former healthcare
analyst and an experienced investor in the pharma / biotech market, Richard has brought incredible value to
Cogstate through his intimate knowledge of the drug development pipelines and industry trends. Richard has been
a thoughtful and meaningful contributor to Board discussions. We expect that Richard will remain close to the
Cogstate team and will continue to be a valuable adviser to our management team.”
Mr van den Broek stated, “I am proud of the contribution I have been able to make to the growth of Cogstate. I
leave the Board at an incredibly exciting time for the company, when technology advances are enabling new
means of ensuring the accuracy of measurement of cognition. I am excited for Cogstate’s future, and I intend to
remain a Cogstate shareholder and follow the growth of the company with great interest. I wish the team all the
best of luck for the future.”
This announcement was authorised for release by the Cogstate Board of Directors.
About Cogstate
Cogstate Ltd (ASX:CGS) is the neuroscience technology company optimising brain health assessments to advance the
development of new medicines and to enable earlier clinical insights in healthcare. Cogstate technologies provide rapid, reliable
and highly sensitive computerised cognitive tests across a growing list of domains and support electronic clinical outcome
assessment (eCOA) solutions to replace costly and error-prone paper assessments with real-time data capture. The company’s
clinical trials solutions include quality assurance services for study endpoints that combine innovative operational approaches,
advanced analytics and scientific consulting. For over 20 years, Cogstate has proudly supported the leading-edge research needs
of biopharmaceutical companies and academic institutions and the clinical care needs of physicians and patients around the world.
In the Healthcare market, Cogstate seeks to provide primary care physicians and consumers with brief, accurate and scientifically
validated digital measures of cognition, with a focus on easy to use, self-administered tests that inform patients and save physician
time. In this market, Cogstate has partnered with pharmaceutical company, Eisai, to distribute Cogstate assessments in the USA
& Asia. For more information, please visit www.cogstate.com.
For further information contact:
Brad O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer, boconnor@cogstate.com
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Important Notices
Past performance
Past performance is given for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon as (and is not) an indication of Cogstate's
views on its future financial performance or condition. Past performance of Cogstate cannot be relied upon as an indicator of (and
provides no guidance as to) the future performance of Cogstate. Nothing contained in this announcement nor any information
made available to you is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise, representation, warranty or guarantee, whether as to the past,
present or future.
Future performance and forward-looking statements
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“guidance”, “should”, “could”, “may”, “will”, “predict”, “plan” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Indications of, and guidance on, future earnings and financial position and performance are also forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements, opinions and estimates provided in this announcement are based on assumptions and
contingencies that are subject to change without notice and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors
that are beyond the control of Cogstate, its directors and management. Forward-looking statements are provided as a general
guide only and should not be relied upon as an indication or guarantee of future performance.
Actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements and any
projections and assumptions on which these statements are based. These statements may assume the success of Cogstate's
business strategies, including the that the results of any of those strategies will be realised in the period for which the forwardlooking statement may have been prepared or otherwise. For example, Cogstate's performance in any one financial period is
sensitive to whether or not contracts are signed in that period, or a subsequent period, and the rate of enrolment in trials of its
customers which are influenced by factors that are outside of Cogstate's control.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and except as required by law or regulation,
none of Cogstate, its representatives or advisers assumes any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. No
representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy, likelihood of achievement or reasonableness of any
forecasts, prospects, returns or statements in relation to future matters contained in this announcement. The forward-looking
statements are based on information available to Cogstate as at the date of this announcement. Except as required by law or
regulation (including the ASX Listing Rules), none of Cogstate, its representatives or advisers undertakes any obligation to provide
any additional or updated information, whether as a result of a change in expectations or assumptions, new information, future
events or results or otherwise. Indications of, and guidance or outlook on, future earnings or financial position or performance are
also forward-looking statements.
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