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Migo Opportunities TrustAnnouncement

19/12/2017 10:00

19 December 2017

Miton Global Opportunities plc

(the “Company”)

Appointment of New Directors

The Board of Miton Global Opportunities plc is pleased to announce the
appointments of Richard Davidson and Ekaterina (Katya) Thomson as independent
non-executive directors of the Company, with effect from 18 December 2017.

Richard is currently Chair of the University of Edinburgh’s Investment
Committee, and a Trustee of their staff pension scheme as well as chair of the
Gresham House Forestry Investment Committee.  Formerly, he was a partner and
manager of the Macro Fund at Lansdowne Partners. Prior to that, Richard was a
managing director of Morgan Stanley, where he worked for 15 years.  He was
the fund manager of the Global Asset Allocation fund for Morgan Stanley
Investment Management and served as the firm's chief European equity
strategist. Richard has previously held directorships at Vantage Investment
Management and Rivercrest Capital.  He is an Associate of the Institute of
Investment Management and Research and holds a joint honours degree in
Business Studies and Law from Edinburgh University.

Katya is a corporate finance, strategy and business development professional
with over 20 years of experience with UK and European blue chip companies,
gained at Thomas Cook Group plc, Lazard, ABN AMRO and Deloitte.  She is the
founder of Temerity Consulting and a non-executive director of Henderson
EuroTrust plc (where she is also chairman of the Audit Committee), Thomas Cook
Nederland BV and The New Carnival Company CIC.  Katya is a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Richard has been appointed as chairman-elect of the Company and Katya as
chairman-elect of the Company’s Audit Committee.  As previously announced,
Anthony Townsend (Chairman) and James Fox (Audit Committee Chairman) will step
down from the Board after a suitable handover period and the effective date of
their retirement will be announced in due course.

Richard and Katya have both been appointed to the Company’s Audit Committee
and the Management Engagement Committee.

Anthony Townsend commented:

“My fellow directors and I are delighted to welcome Richard and Katya to the
Board. We are very pleased to have appointed directors with extensive industry
and financial expertise.”

Their appointment will be proposed to shareholders for ratification at the
Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in September 2018.

There is no further information to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

- ENDS-

For further information please contact:

Katherine Manson

Frostrow Capital LLP

Company Secretary

0203 709 8734



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