Hidong Estate PLC 19 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. ---- ----------------------- ---- ------------------------ 1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Hidong Estate PLC Mr TWG Charlton ---- ----------------------- ---- ------------------------ 3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) indicates that it is in respect of and, if more than one holder, holding of the shareholder named in the number of shares held by 2 above or in respect of a each of them non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Beneficial Thomas William George Charlton ------------ ------------ ---- ------------- ---- ---------- 5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares/ 8. Percentage of shares/amount issued class amount of stock issued class of stock (any treasury disposed (any treasury acquired shares held by shares held by company should company should not be taken not be taken into account into account when when calculating calculating percentage) percentage) 10,000 0.6% nil N/a ----------------------- ---- ------------ ---- ----------- 9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date company transaction informed Ordinary shares 1 March 2005 19 April 2005 ---- ----------------------- ---- ------------------------ 12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued notification class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 211,997 12.37% ---- ----------------------- ---- ------------------------ 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Lim Kim Teck 00603 2093 3392 ---- ----------------------- ---- ------------------------ 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Lim Kim Teck Date of notification _19 April__2005 _________ ------------------------------------------------ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange