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Midas Income & Growth Trust PLC19 March 2008 APPENDIX 3 TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached (ii): Midas Income & Growth Trust PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No Other: Merger of iimia MitonOptimal plc & Midas Capital Partners Ltd (06/03/08) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Midas Capital plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): (see section 9 below) 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v): 06/03/08 6. Date on which issuer notified: 19/03/08 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Over 5% 8. Notified details: n/a A: Voting rights attached to shares Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)Class/type of shares if possible Number of shares Number of voting rights (viii)using the ISIN CODEOrd GBP0.25 670,000 670,000GB0008769993 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODEOrd GBP0.25 n/a Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct IndirectGB000876999 n/a 5,786,637 n/a 13.0462% 2,712,443 2,712,443 n/a 6.19% n/a B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) that may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted.n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 2,712,443 6.19% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/orthe financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Discretionary Client 291,542(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees a/c 318901)Discretionary Client 332,358(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees a/c 111359)Hiscox International Growth 1,243,618(Registered: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 814379)Discretionary Client 174,925(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees a/c 254905)CF iimia Accelerated Fund 220,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 391998)iimia Investment Trust 450,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 178055) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: n/a 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: n/a 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: n/a 13. Additional information: iimia plc, Miton Asset Management Ltd and Midas Capital Partners Ltdare all subsidiaries of Midas Capital plc 14. Contact name: Charles Mearns 15. Contact telephone number: 0131 528 4132 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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