Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              

                                                                         
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                      Small
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:            Companies 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 Limited [MDCLT] - 634,552 shares   
from 3.):                                        Pershing Nominees Limited [MDISA] - 479,150 shares  
                                                                                   
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the                  
threshold is crossed or reached:                         24 July 2013                     
                                                                              
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                        25 July 2013         

                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:        Under 7 per cent       


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  1,138,378  1,138,378   1,113,702  1,113,702             6.85%           
                                                                               

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 financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting rights   % of voting rights   
instrument          price      date         Conversion   instrument refers to           
                                            period
                                                                                   Nominal    Delta
                                                                          

Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                              
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights               
                                                                              
1,113,702                           6.85%                                     
                                                                              

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