Transaction in Own Shares

For immediate release

22 July 2016

WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

MARKET PURCHASE OF COMPANY’S OWN SHARES

This notification is given, pursuant to the authority granted at a Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 September 2015 to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares up to an aggregate maximum of 7,171,069.

The Company has purchased a market total of 23,500 Ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company today at a price of 2045.66p per share. These shares will be held in treasury.

Following this transaction and in conformity with the provisions of the Transparency Directive, the Company hereby notifies the market that the resultant number of Ordinary shares held by the Company in treasury is 1,215,932 and the total number of Ordinary shares that the Company has in issue is 47,839,020 so that the total number of voting rights in the Company following the repurchase is 46,623,088.

The figure of 46,623,088 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For and on behalf of

Frostrow Capital LLP

Company Secretary

For further information, please contact:

Mark Pope

Frostrow Capital LLP

Tel: [phone]