Epoch Appoints New Managing Director

Business Wire, March 28, 2008

Industry Veteran Kathleen Powers Dunlap joins Client Relations Team

NEW YORK -- Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. ("Epoch" or the "Company"), a leading investment manager and investment adviser and the operating subsidiary of Epoch Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: EPHC), is pleased to announce that Kathleen Powers Dunlap has joined the company as a Managing Director, Client Relations where she will be responsible for Corporate Institutional Sales.

"Epoch prides itself on the experience, dedication and passion of its people," said William W. Priest, Epoch's CEO and CIO. "Kathleen's deep industry experience further strengthens the quality of our team. She will be integral in communicating to large institutional investors our unique investment philosophy - focusing on the intelligent use of free cash flow as our key investment metric. Epoch's strategy continues to resonate in this turbulent market environment and we are confident that this strategy is relevant in producing satisfactory returns to investors going forward."

Ms. Dunlap has nearly 30 years of institutional investment management experience. She joins Epoch Investment Partners from AllianceBernstein where she was the Director of Western Region Defined Contribution Institutional Investments. Previously, she was the Chief Marketing Officer of a Chicago-based hedge fund and the CEO of PrivateTrade, a company focused on trading secondary interests in private equity limited partnerships. Prior to that, Ms. Dunlap gained more than a decade of experience as a Managing Director with Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco where she held leadership positions in sales, consultant relations and U.S. Marketing. Earlier in her career, she held positions with Merrill Lynch and Kidder Peabody.

Ms. Dunlap holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of San Francisco.

About Epoch Holding Corporation

Epoch Holding Corporation conducts its operations through Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Investment management and investment advisory services are the Company's sole line-of-business. Headquartered in New York, with an office in Sherman Oaks, CA, the Company's current product offerings include U.S. Value; U.S. Small Cap Value; U.S. SMID Cap Value; U.S. All Cap Value; Global Small Cap; Global Absolute Return; Global Equity Shareholder Yield; Global All Cap; and International Small Cap.

For more information about Epoch contact Phil Clark at Epoch Investment Partners, 212-303-7210, pclark@eipny.com or visit Epoch's website at www.eipny.com

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