Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                       EP Global      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                       Opportunities Trust 
attached:ii                                                                 plc         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            N
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result        N
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to              N
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                       Y
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                              Dr Sandy Nairn    
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                     17 January 2011   
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     19 January 2011   
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                      7%          
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                  
                                                                                                      
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                          
                                                                                                      
Class/type   Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
of           to the triggering                                                                        
shares       transaction                                                                              
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
if possible  Number                Number        Number    Number of voting        % of  voting rights
using        of                    of            of shares rights                  x                  
the ISIN     Shares                Voting                                                             
CODE                               Rights                                                             
                                                 Direct    Direct xi Indirect xii  Direct  Indirect   
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
GB0033862573                                                                                                       
Ordinary 1p                                                                                           
Shares                                                                                                
             1,916,748             1,916,748     1,916,748 1,916,748 N/A           7.00%   N/A        
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                   
                                                                                                      
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                  
                                                                                                      
Type of        Expiration           Exercise/               Number of voting             % of voting  
financial      date xiii            Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be           rights       
instrument                                                  acquired if the                           
                                                            instrument is                             
                                                            exercised/ converted.                     
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                         
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                   
                                                                                                      
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                  
                                                                                                      
Type of       Exercise price       Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting rights    % of voting     
financial                          date xvii   Conversion  instrument refers to       rights xix, xx  
instrument                                     period                                                 
                                               xviii                                                  
                                                                                                      
                                                                                      Nominal Delta     
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                         
                                                                                                      
Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights                   
                                                                                                      
1,916,748                                               7.00%                                         
                                                                                                      


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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 on the change of the total     
                              voting rights figure of the Company to 27,365,480 shares, 
                              as at 17 January 2011.                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:             Kenneth Greig, Edinburgh Partners Limited                 
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: 0131 270 3800