Result of EGM

Midas Income & Growth Trust PLC 08 March 2007 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN 8 March 2007 MIDAS INCOME & GROWTH TRUST PLC (THE 'COMPANY') RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND ALLOTMENT OF C SHARES Result of EGM The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today all the resolutions (authorising, inter alia, an increase in authorised share capital by the creation of C Shares, the allotment of the C Shares pursuant to the Placing and Offer and the adoption of new Articles of Association) were approved by Shareholders. Accordingly, the Placing and Offer are now unconditional save for Admission. Admission Admission of the 21,647,145 C Shares issued pursuant to the Placing and the Offer for Subscription to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority is expected to become effective, and dealings in such shares on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market are expected to commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 9 March 2007. Settlement CREST accounts are expected to be credited in respect of C Shares issued in uncertificated form on 9 March 2007 and certificates in respect of C Shares issued in certificated form are expected to be issued in the week commencing Monday, 19 March 2007. Investment and Conversion The net proceeds of the Issue and the investments made with them will be accounted for and managed as a separate pool of assets until the later of 27 April 2007 and the date on which 80 per cent. of the net proceeds have been invested. The Directors expect that Conversion of the C Shares into New Ordinary Shares will take place on or around 27 April 2007. Documents delivered to the Document Viewing Facility Copies of the resolution passed today have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS Tel: 020 7066 1000 Enquiries Mark Purnell Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretary 020 7463 6000 Alan Borrows Midas Capital Partners Limited, Manager 0151 906 2461 Sue Inglis/ Intelli Corporate Finance Limited, Sponsor 020 7653 6300 Darren Willis Notes Words and expressions defined in the prospectus relating to the Company dated 13 February 2007 have the same meanings when used in this announcement unless the context requires otherwise. The C Shares will not be registered under the United States Securities Act 1933 or the relevant securities laws of any state of the United States, or under any of the relevant securities laws of Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, or Australia, and, accordingly, the placing and offer for subscription will not be made and the C Shares may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa. Intelli Corporate Finance Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for Midas Income & Growth Trust PLC and for no one else in connection with the proposed placing and offer for subscription and will not be responsible to anyone other than Midas for providing the protections afforded to clients of Intelli Corporate Finance Limited or for affording advice in relation to the placing and offer for subscription and any related matters. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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