TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of        Small Companies  
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:       Dividend Trust plc 
                                                                              
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     
                                                                          
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                YES
                                                                   
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may      
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights     
are attached                                                                  

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to     
qualifying financial instruments                                              
                                                                                                                       
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                              
                                                              
Other (please specify):                                                       
                                                                              

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     Funds under the management of    
notification obligation:                     Midas Investment Management Ltd  
                                                                              
                                                           
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different Pershing Nominees Ltd [MDCLT]    
from 3.):                                    (1,010,843 shares)               
                                                                              
                                             Pershing Nominees Ltd [MDISA]    
                                             (608,188 shares)                 

                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which          21 January 2013         
the threshold is crossed or reached:                                          

                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                     21 January 2013         
                                                                              
                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or               Under 10 per cent        
reached:                                                                      
                                                                              

8. Notified details:                                                          
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                 
Class/type   Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering     
of           to the triggering   transaction                                  
shares       transaction                                                      
                                                                              
                                                                              
if possible  Number    Number    Number    Number of voting   % of  voting    
using        of        of        of shares rights             rights          
the ISIN     Shares    Voting                                                 
CODE                   Rights                                                 
                                 Direct    Direct    Indirect Direct  Indirect
     
GB0006615826 1,683,704 1,683,704 1,619,031 1,619,031          9.96%           

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
                                                       
Type of financial  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting       % of voting 
instrument         date        Conversion  rights that may be     rights      
                               Period      acquired if the                    
                                           instrument is                      
                                           exercised/ converted.              
                                                                              

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
Instruments                                                                   
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
                                 
Type of         Exercise Expiration Exercise/  Number of       % of voting    
financial       price    date       Conversion voting          rights         
instrument                          period     rights                         
                                               instrument                     
                                               refers to                      
                                                                              
                                                               Nominal  Delta 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights               
                                                                              
1,619,031                           9.96%                                     
                                                                              

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    


Proxy Voting:                                                                 
                                                                
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                 
                                                           
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                  
                                                          
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:              


13. Additional information:                                                   
                                                            
14. Contact name:                                   Mike Waddington           
                                                       
15. Contact telephone number:                       0161 228 1709