EP Global Opportunities Trust : Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	EP Global Opportunities Trust Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC Rathbone Investment Management Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	30/12/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03/01/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Less than 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0033862573 1p Ord	2,405,230	2,405,230	2,394,030	N/A	2,394,030	N/A	4.99%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting
instrument	date	Conversion Period	rights that may be	rights
			acquired if the
			instrument is
			exercised/ converted.
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversio n period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,394,030	4.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*

Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 4.99%

* Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.

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:	Total voting rights used as a denominator: 47,937,725
14. Contact name:	Emma Mulhearn - Compliance Department
15. Contact telephone number:	0151 243 0000