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14 Mar 2008 15:09

St Peter Port Capital Limited14 March 2008 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii): St Peter Port Capital Limited 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) Merger of iimia MitonOptimal plc and Midas CapitalPartners Limited on 6 March 2008: (X) 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 orreached if different) (v): 6 March 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 March 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Over 5% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)using the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii) Ordinary Shares N/A N/A GB00B1V4NS68 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 CODE Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect Ordinary Shares 6,750,000 6,750,000 N/A 9.00% N/A GB00B1V4NS68 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 6,750,000 9.00% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): CF Midas Balanced Growth Fund 4,600,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/c 392512) Discretionary Client 310,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/c 318901) Discretionary Client 367,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/c 111359) Discretionary Client 134,000(Registered: Roy Nominees Ltd 570035) Discretionary Client 625,000(Registered: Roy Nominees Ltd 570027) Hiscox International Growth 375,000(Registered: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 814379) Discretionary Client 339,000(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/c 254905) 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 Limited and Midas Capital Partners Ltd are allsubsidiaries of Midas Capital plc 14. Contact name: Helen Craig 15. Contact telephone number: 01392 475 972 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange