WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

PR Newswire
London, May 1

For immediate release

                                                                     1 May 2015

                        WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC

                                (the "Company")

                    MARKET PURCHASE OF COMPANY'S OWN SHARES

This notification is given, pursuant to the authority granted at a Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on 14 July 2014 to make market purchases of
the Company's own shares up to an aggregate maximum of 6,994,615.

The Company has purchased a market total of 18,700 Ordinary shares of 25p each
in the capital of the Company today at a price of 1857.07p per share. These
shares will be held in treasury.

Following this transaction and in conformity with the provisions of the
Transparency Directive, the Company hereby notifies the market that the
resultant number of Ordinary shares held by the Company in treasury is 437,331
and the total number of Ordinary shares that the Company has in issue is
48,178,080 so that the total number of voting rights in the Company following
the repurchase is 47,740,749.

The figure of 47,740,749 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For and on behalf of
Frostrow Capital LLP
Company Secretary

For further information, please contact:

Mark Pope
Frostrow Capital LLP
Tel: [phone]