Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

EP Global Opportunities Trust Plc

2. Reason for the notification                                        State    
                                                                     Yes/No    
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            Yes     
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may                  
result in the                                                                  
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                
attached                                                                       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                                        

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation    The Royal  
(iii):                                                               Bank of   
                                                                    Scotland   
                                                                    Group plc  
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):          Adam &    
                                                                     Company   
                                                                   Investment  
                                                                   Management  
                                                                       Ltd     
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is     4 December  
crossed                                                               2008     
or reached if different) (v):                                                  
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  5 December  
                                                                      2008     
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                        5%      
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of   Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering  
     shares              to                      transaction (vii)             
  if possible      the Triggering                                              
 using the ISIN   transaction (vi)                                             
      CODE                                                                     
                                                                               
                  Number    Number   Number  Number of voting    % of voting   
                    of        of       of       rights (ix)         rights     
                  Shares    Voting   shares                                    
                            Rights                                             
                            (viii)                                             
                                                                               
                                             Direct  Indirect  Direct  Indirect
                                               (x)     (xi)                    
                                                                               
Ordinary shares  1,598,621  5.09%                    1,523,321          4.94%  
                                                                               
 GB00033862573                                                                 
                                                                               

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

   Type of     Expiration       Exercise/        Number of voting       % of   
  financial    date (xiii)      Conversion      rights that may be     voting  
 instrument                 Period/ Date (xiv)    acquired if the      rights  
                                                    instrument                 
                                                   is exercised/               
                                                     converted                 
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                                                                    
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights                     
                                                                               
1,523,321                               4.94%                                  

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (4.94%)                                   
                                                                               
Royal Bank of Scotland plc (4.94%)                                             
                                                                               
Adam & Company Group plc (4.94%)                                               
                                                                               
Adam & Company Investment Management Ltd (4.94%)                               

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                  
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                   
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting                       
rights:                                                                        

13. Additional information:                                   This notification
                                                              is based upon the
                                                              voting rights    
                                                              figure of        
                                                              30,824,180       
                                                              obtained from FT 
                                                              information.     
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                                             Richard Hopkins  
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:                                 020 7714 4459