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17 Mar 2008 15:50

Japan Residential Inv. Co. Ltd17 March 2008 TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: JAPAN RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (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 (please specify): (YES) Merger of iimia MitonOptimal plc & Midas CaptialPartners Ltd (06/03/08) (3) Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: MIDAS CAPITAL PLC (4) Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from (3)): (see Section 9 below) (5) Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached (if different): 6 March 2008 (6) Date on which issuer notified: 12 March 2008 (7) Threshold that is crossed or reached: 5% (8) Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares+-------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+|Class/type of|Situation previous to| || |the | |+-------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+|shares |Triggering | Resulting situation after the triggering || |transaction | transaction |+-------------+----------+----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+| | |Number of | | | |+-------------+----------+----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+|using the |Number of |Voting |Number of|Number of Voting | |+-------------+----------+----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+|ISIN code |Shares |Rights |Shares |Rights |% of voting || | | | | |rights |+-------------+----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+-------+--------+| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect|Direct |Indirect|+-------------+----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+-------+--------+|ORDINARY |N/A |N/A |6,000,000|6,000,000 |N/A |6.00% |N/A ||SHARES | | | | | | | |+-------------+----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+-------+--------+ B: Financial instruments+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+|Type of Financial |Expiration |Exercise / |Number of |% of voting |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+|Instrument |Date |Conversion |voting rights |Rights |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | |Period / |that may be | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | |Date |acquired is the| |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | | |instrument is | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | | |exercised / | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | | |converted | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+|N/A | | | | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+| | | | | |+-------------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ Total (A+B)+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|6,000,000 |6.00% |+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| | |+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ (9) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: CF Milton Special Situations Portfolio (Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/C 392474) Proxy Voting: (10) Name of the proxy holder: (11) Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold: (12) Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to holding voting rights: (13) Additional information: iimia plc, Milton Asset Management Ltd and Midas Capital Partners Ltd are allsubsidiaries of Midas Capital plc (14) Contact name: Helen Craig (15) Contact number: 01392 475972 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange