Directorate Change

EP Global Opportunities Trust plc (the "Company")

APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR

The Directors are pleased to announce that Mr David Ross has accepted the
invitation to join the Company's Board as a non-executive Director with effect
from 1 June 2014.

Mr Ross has an interest in 25,000 Ordinary shares of the Company, representing
0.05% of the Ordinary shares in circulation.

Mr Ross was a founding partner in May 1990 of Aberforth Partners LLP, an
investment management firm specialising in investment in UK small quoted
companies. He retired from Aberforth Partners LLP on 30 April 2014, having been
latterly responsible for investment research and stock selection in the
banking, general financial, insurance and real estate sectors. Prior to
Aberforth Partners LLP, he was with Ivory & Sime plc from 1968, becoming Finance
Director and Company Secretary in 1982 and Managing Director from 1988 to
1990. He has served on the General Committee of the Association of Investment
Companies and he is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified
Accountants.

Mr Ross is not currently, and has not been in the last five years, a director
of any other publicly quoted companies.

There are no details required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13R
(2) to (6) of the UKLA Listing Rules in respect of Mr Ross.

15 May 2014

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

27-31 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7JF