18th Sep 2008 10:32
| For immediate release | 18 September 2008 | 
MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS PLC
Disclosure of interests in shares
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc ("the Company") received notice on 17 September 2008 that with effect from 16 September 2008, Prudential plc has a notifiable direct interest in 24,281,040 ordinary shares of 30p each in the Company, being approximately 8.03 % of the Company's issued share capital.
The notifiable direct interest of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited is now 7.99% of the Company's issued share capital.
The voting rights of these shares are held through Prudential plc, and the interests of Prudential plc includes interests of M&G Group Limited, M&G Investment Management Limited, M&G Limited and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited which by themselves are notifiable, and are shown below:
| Registered holder Prudential plc | Holding 24,281,040 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 34,084 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 743 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 89,513 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 24,032,364 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 124,336 | 
| Registered holder M&G Group Limited | Holding 24,281,040 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 34,084 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 743 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 89,513 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 24,032,364 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 124,336 | 
| Registered holder M&G Investment Management Limited | Holding 24,246,956 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 743 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 89,513 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 24,032,364 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 124,336 | 
| Registered holder M&G Limited | Holding 24,281,040 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 34,084 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 743 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 89,513 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 24,032,364 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 124,336 | 
| Registered holder The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Holding 24,156,700 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 24,032,364 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 124,336 | 
Enquiries to:
Adrian Bushnell 020 7872 2444
Company Secretary
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
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