Transaction in Own Shares

EPE Special Opportunities plc

14 March 2013

Transaction in own shares

EPE Special Opportunities plc (the "Company") announces that, on 13 March 2013, it purchased a total of 10,000 shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 60.25 pence per share.

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the above and the figure to be used as the denominator for calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights is 28,189,360 Ordinary Shares.

Enquiries:

Numis Securities Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Nominated Advisor: Stuart Skinner

Corporate Broker: Charles Farquhar

EPIC Private Equity LLP James Henderson +44 (0) 20 7269 8862

IoMA Philip Scales +44 (0) 16 2468 1250

Cardew Group Richard Spiegelberg / Catherine Maitland +44 (0) 20 7930 0777