8th Apr 2011 16:26
For immediate release 8 April 2011
MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS PLC
Disclosure of Interests in Shares
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc ("the Company") received notice on 7 April 2011 that with effect from 6 April 2011, Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiaries has a notifiable direct interest in 18,985,086 ordinary shares of 30p each in the Company, being approximately 6.05% of the Company's issued share capital.
The notifiable direct interest of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited is now 5.92% 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 - Direct | Holding 
 18,970,576 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 38,664 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 312,400 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 18,426,423 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 157,962 | 
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| Prudential plc - Indirect | 14,510 | 
| JP Morgan Nominees | 14,510 | 
| Registered holder 
 M&G Group Limited | Holding 
 18,970,576 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 38,664 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 312,400 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 18,426,423 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 157,962 | 
| Registered holder 
 M&G Investment Management Limited | Holding 
 18,935,449 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 38,664 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 312,400 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 18,426,423 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 157,962 | 
| Registered holder 
 M&G Limited | Holding 
 18,970,576 | 
| Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 | 35,127 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd | 38,664 | 
| Nortrust Noms Ltd A/C MXB01 | 312,400 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 18,426,423 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 157,962 | 
| Registered holder 
 The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Holding 
 18,584,385 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PAC AC | 18,426,423 | 
| PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC | 157,962 | 
Enquiries to:
Adrian Bushnell 020 7872 2444
Company Secretary
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
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