Hidong Estate PLC 31 October 2005 Hidong Estate PLC Notification of substantial shareholding For immediate release 31 October 2005 Hidong Estate PLC ("Hidong") has been notified that Thomas William George Charlton purchased 20,000 Hidong shares (representing approximately 1.17% of the total Hidong shares in issue) on 17 October 2005 increasing his holding to 231,997 Hidong shares representing 13.54% of its issued share capital. The notification was sent to the registered office of Hidong on 17 October 2005 and was today passed on to its head office. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange