Transaction in Own Shares

EP Global Opportunities Trust plc (the "Company")

The Company announces that on 23 August 2012 it purchased 13,500 of its own
Ordinary 1p shares at a price of £1.60815 per share. The shares have been
placed into Treasury.

Following this transaction, the Company has 11,645,417 Ordinary shares held in
Treasury and 52,864,225 Ordinary shares in circulation. The total number of
shares in issue remains as 64,509,642.

24 August 2012

Enquiries:

Kenneth J Greig
Edinburgh Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

12 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4DJ