REG-Global Special Opps: Total Voting Rights

GLOBAL SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

Total Voting Rights

In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency rule 5.6.1, we would like to
notify the market of the following:

As at 31 October 2009, the issued share capital and voting rights of Global
Special Opportunities Trust plc are as follows:

Number of shares in Voting rights Vote per share
issue

Income shares 25,035,008 25,035,008 1
(including Income
shares forming part of
Units)

Capital shares* 50,000,000 25,035,008 0.50070016
(including Capital
shares forming part of
Units)

Zero Dividend 206,037 0 0
Preference shares**

Total voting rights: 50,070,016

* Under the Articles of Association each Capital Share (including Capital
Shares forming part of Units) has a voting right equal to the number of Income
Shares (including Income Shares forming part of Units) in issue divided by the
number of Capital Shares (including Capital Shares forming part of Units) in
issue.

**The Zero Dividend Preference shares were delisted on 31 July 2008.

2 November 2009

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