Transaction in Own Shares

EP Global Opportunities Trust plc (the "Company")

The Company announces that on 21 December 2012 it purchased 40,000 of its own
Ordinary 1p shares at a price of £1.72 per share. The shares have been placed
into Treasury.

Following this transaction, the Company has 14,111,917 Ordinary shares held in
Treasury and 50,397,725 Ordinary shares in circulation. The total number of
shares in issue remains as 64,509,642.

24 December 2012

Enquiries:

Kenneth J Greig
Edinburgh Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

27-31 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7JF