21st Sep 2007 15:55
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC21 September 2007 21 September 2007 MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS PLC (THE "COMPANY") DIRECTOR/PDMR NOTIFICATION The Company has received notification that Reach Across International Limited, awholly-owned subsidiary of City Condominiums Pte Ltd, which in turn is awholly-owned subsidiary of City Developments Limited ("CDL"), has acquired50,000 ordinary shares of 30p each in the Company at an average price of 479.2pence per share. Messrs Kwek Leng Beng, Kwek Leng Peck and Kwek Leng Joo, who are directors ofthe Company, are also directors of CDL. CDL is a subsidiary of Hong LeongInvestment Holdings Pte Limited ("the Parent"). Messrs Kwek Leng Beng, KwekLeng Peck and Kwek Leng Joo are also directors of the Parent whilst Mr Wong HongRen holds directorships with various companies within the group ultimatelycontrolled by the Parent. For the purposes of the Disclosure and TransparencyRules, CDL is a connected person of Kwek Leng Beng, Kwek Leng Peck, Kwek LengJoo and Wong Hong Ren. The date of the share purchase was 20 September 2007. Notification was receivedby the Company on 21 September 2007 and was made in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R. Pursuant to the acquisition, CDL's aggregate interest in the Company's sharesamounts to 156,924,390 ordinary shares of 30p each being approximately 53.07% ofthe Company's issued share capital. For further information contact:Adrian Bushnell 020 7872 2444Company SecretaryMillennium & Copthorne Hotels plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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