RNS Number:4191U
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC
20 January 2004



                       MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE HOTELS PLC

                               HOLDING IN COMPANY

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc ("the Company") was notified by Prudential plc
("Prudential") on 19 January 2004 that Prudential and certain of its subsidiary
companies have a notifiable interest in 17,251,456 of the Company's Ordinary
Shares representing 6.10% of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital.

The registered holders of Prudential's notifiable interest are set out below:

Registered holder                                                      Holding
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC                                      17,211,456
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC                                          40,000

20 January 2004




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