12th Nov 2009 15:19
| For immediate release | 12 November 2009 | 
MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS PLC
Disclosure of interests in shares
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc ("the Company") received notice on 11 November 2009 that with effect from 10 November 2009, Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiaries has a notifiable direct interest in 22,206,858 ordinary shares of 30p each in the Company, being approximately 7.17% of the Company's issued share capital.
The notifiable direct interest of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited is now 6.96% 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 22,206,858 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 45,017 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 561,942 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 21,403,696 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 161,076 | 
| Registered holder M&G Group Limited | Holding 22,206,858 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 45,017 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 561,942 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 21,403,696 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 161,076 | 
| Registered holder M&G Investment Management Limited | Holding 22,171,731 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 45,017 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 561,942 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 21,403,696 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 161,076 | 
| Registered holder M&G Limited | Holding 22,206,858 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 45,017 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 561,942 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 21,403,696 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 161,076 | 
| Registered holder The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Holding 21,564,772 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 21,403,696 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 161,076 | 
Enquiries to:
Adrian Bushnell 020 7872 2444
Company Secretary
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
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