FAV, issue of new ordinary shares and Board change

EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC 10 MARCH 2011 FORMULA ASSET VALUE, ISSUE OF NEW ORDINARY SHARES AND BOARD CHANGE The Board of EP Global Opportunities Trust plc (the "Company") refers to the Circular and the Prospectus published by the Company on 4 February 2011 in connection with the scheme of reconstruction and winding up of Anglo & Overseas Plc ("Anglo"). Formula Asset Value and issue of New Ordinary Shares Further to the passing of the resolution at the Company's general meeting held on 3 March 2011 and under the terms of the Proposals, the formula asset value of the Company and of Anglo were calculated for the purposes of the Scheme as at close of business on 7 March 2011. The FAV per Ordinary Share was 186.29p and the Rollover FAV per Anglo Share was 115.33p. Following Anglo Shareholders voting in favour of the resolution proposed at the second general meeting of Anglo this morning, the Scheme has now become unconditional (subject only to the New Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Scheme being admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority). Accordingly, under the terms of the Proposals, Anglo Shareholders shall receive 0.6191 New Ordinary Shares for every existing Anglo Share held for which an election was made or deemed to be made for the Rollover Option. The price at which each New Ordinary Share will be treated as being issued will be 186.29p. Fractions of New Ordinary Shares which would otherwise arise will not be issued to Anglo Shareholders, with fractional entitlements being rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares. As previously announced, the holders of approximately 70.3 per cent. of the Anglo Shares elected or were deemed to elect to roll over their investment in Anglo into the Company. 31,855,462 New Ordinary Shares will therefore be issued to those shareholders of Anglo who are rolling over their investment into the Company. It is expected that the New Ordinary Shares will be admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 a.m. on 11 March 2011. Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 59,041,942 Ordinary Shares in circulation, each carrying one voting right per share. The Company holds 5,467,700 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 64,509,642. Board change Giles Weaver joined the board of the Company as a non-executive director today. Giles Weaver previously held 240,000 ordinary shares in Anglo which he has elected to roll over into the Company. Save for as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no other details to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 in relation to this Board appointment. A copy of the Prospectus is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.hemscott.com/nsm/do. Defined terms Terms defined in the Circular to shareholders dated 4 February 2011 shall have the same meaning in this announcement unless the context otherwise requires. Enquiries Kenneth J Greig Edinburgh Partners Limited 0131 270 3800 Colin Buchanan Edinburgh Partners Limited 0131 270 3800 Mhairi Macdonald Edinburgh Partners Limited 0131 270 3800 Note Dickson Minto W.S., which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the Proposals, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to customers of Dickson Minto W.S. or for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Proposals or any other matter referred to in this announcement. End.
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