Transaction in Own Shares

EP Global Opportunities Trust plc (the `Company')

The Company announces that on 1 October 2010 it purchased 25,000 of its own
Ordinary 1p shares at a price of £1.715 per share. The shares have been placed
into Treasury.

Following this transaction, the Company has 4,723,700 Ordinary shares held in
Treasury and 27,930,480 Ordinary shares in circulation. The total number of
shares in issue remains as 32,654,180.

1 October 2010

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig

Edinburgh Partners Limited

Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

12 Charlotte Square

Edinburgh

EH2 4DJ