Holding(s) in Company

EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

The Company was advised on 26 February 2009 that, on 23 February 2007, Brewin
Dolphin Securities Limited had made a notification to the Company and the FSA
informing them that as a result of the implementation of the Transparency
Directive they had an indirect interest in 3,019,756 ordinary 1p shares,
representing 8.88% of the voting rights then in issue (this represents 9.79% of
the voting rights in issue as at 26 February 2009). The original notification
dated 23 February 2007 was not received by the Company.

26 February 2009