Holding(s) in Company

JPMorgan Fleming Japanese Smllr Cos
20 March 2008

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):



JPMorgan Fleming Japanese Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc


2. Reason for the notification                                                                   State
                                                                                                 Yes/No
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                        No
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the                        No
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                   No
Other (please specify): Merger of iimia MitonOptimal plc & Midas Capital                          Yes
Partners Ltd (06/03/08)


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):                      Midas Capital
                                                                                                  plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):                                  (see Section 9
                                                                                                 below)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed                          06/03/08
or reached if different) (v):
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                               12/03/08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                                 Over 5%
8. Notified details:                                                                              N/A





A: Voting rights attached to shares


  Class/type of shares          Situation                             Resulting situation
  if possible using the      previous to the                         after the triggering
       ISIN CODE                Triggering                             transaction (vii)
                             transaction (vi)
       Ordinary            Number      Number       Number       Number of voting           % of voting
         Shares              of          of           of            rights (ix)               rights
                           Shares      Voting       shares
      GB0003165817                     Rights
                                        (viii)
                                                    Direct      Direct     Indirect     Direct     Indirect
                                                                  (x)        (xi)
     
                         1,530,000    1,530,000    2,880,000   2,880,000      N/A         7.33%        N/A



B: Financial Instruments



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


      Type of             Expiration           Exercise/         Number of voting        % of voting
     financial           date (xiii)           Conversion       rights that may be          rights
     instrument                            Period/ Date (xiv)     acquired if the
                                                                   instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted
        N/A                  N/A                  N/A                   N/A                  N/A




Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                               % of voting rights
2,880,000                                             7.33%





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

 FORMTEXT CF Miton Special Situations Portfolio                             -           1,350,000

(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees A/C 392474)

CF iimia Growth & Income Fund                                              -              700,000

(Registered: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 949169)

CF iimia Growth Fund                                                       -              200,000

(Registered: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 949182)

CF iimia Accelerated Fund                                                  -              230,000

(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees Ltd A/C 391998)

iimia Investment Trust                                                     -              400,000

(Registered: Bank of New York Nominees Ltd A/C 178055)



Proxy Voting:


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


13. Additional information:
 iimia plc, Miton Asset Management Ltd and Midas Capital Partners Ltd are all subsidiaries of Midas Capital
plc
14. Contact name:
Helen Craig
15. Contact telephone number:
 01392 475972





Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation
 Midas Capital plc
Full name (including legal form for
legal entities)
 Midas Capital plc
Contact address (registered office for
legal entities)
 23 Cathedral Yard, Exeter, EX1 1HB
Phone number
 01392 475972
Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)


B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
 
Full name
 Helen Craig
Contact address
 23 Cathedral Yard, Exeter, EX1 1HB
Phone number
 01392 475972
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship
with the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation)
 



C:  Additional information


 






Notes



i.           This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to
be filed with the competent authority.

ii.          Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.

iii.         This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in
DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h);  (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

-           in the circumstances foreseen in  DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that
acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement
and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding
the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a
life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when
the life interest is created;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent
undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level
under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of
the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing
the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person  that
controls the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if
he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has
given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting
rights at his discretion.

iv.         Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This
should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments
who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in
DTR5.2.

v.          The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see
DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took
effect.

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.

vi.         Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state 'below 3%'.

vii.        If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is less than 3%.

For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii.            Direct and indirect

ix          In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached '
direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x           Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying
party is a direct shareholder  (DTR 5.1)

xi.             Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect
shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

xii          If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%.

xiii         date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the
date when the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv            If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the
period- for example once every three months starting from the (date)

xv.         The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should
also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi.         This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii.        Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3.




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