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21 Apr 2008 16:58

Acorn Income Fund Ld21 April 2008 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Acorn Income Fund Limited ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached(ii): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------+-----+|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | x ||boxes) | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result | ||in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are| ||attached | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|Other: Initial notification of shareholding under Transparency | ||Directive | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------+-----+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Charles Stanley Group PLC ||notification obligation(iii): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Charles Stanley & Co Ltd ||from 3.)(iv): | || | (Rock Nominees Limited) |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which| 16 April 2008 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different)(v): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18 April 2008 |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | Above 14% ||reached: | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------+-----++---------------------------------------------+------------------------+-----+ +----------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|8. Notified details: | |+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+------------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Class/type |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering ||of shares |to the Triggering |transaction(vii) || |transaction (vi) | ||if possible +--------+---------+--------+--------------------+--------------------+|using the |Number |Number of|Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights ||ISIN CODE |of |Voting |of |rights ix | || |Shares |Rights |shares | | || | |viii +--------+-------+------------+---------+----------+| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect xi |Direct |Indirect || | | | |x | | | |+------------+--------+---------+--------+-------+------------+---------+----------+| | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | ||GB0004829437|-- |960,008 |0 |0 |1,305,208 |0 |14.6% |+------------+--------+---------+--------+-------+------------+---------+----------+|B: Financial Instruments |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+---------------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ Conversion|Number of voting |% of voting ||financial |date xiii |Period/ Date xiv |rights that may be |rights ||instrument | | |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+| | | | | |+------------+--+-----+-----+---+--------+-------+------------+-------+-+----------++------------+--+-----+-----+---+--------+-------+------------+-------+-+----------++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | || | ||1,305,208 |14.6% |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Charles Stanley & Co Ltd (Rock Nominees Limited) || ||Charles Stanley Group PLC is the holding company of the above. |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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: |Robert Howard |+-------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: |020 7953 2154 |+-------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------++-------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------+ -------------------------- Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification ||obligation |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Full name (including legal form for legal |Charles Stanley & Co Ltd ||entities) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Contact address (registered office for |25 Luke Street, London EC2A 4AR ||legal entities) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Phone number |020 7953 2154 |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Other useful information (at least legal | ||representative for legal persons) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Full name |N/A |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Contact address | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Phone number | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|Other useful information (e.g. functional | ||relationship with the person or legal | ||entity subject to the notification | ||obligation) | |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------++------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| ||C: Additional information |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange