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THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00045)

Unaudited Operating Statistics - Second Quarter of 2015

The unaudited quarterly operating statistics of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
(the "Company") for the second quarter of 2015 are as follows:

THE PENINSULA HOTELS

Occupancy Rate (%)

Number of rooms

Q2

2015

Q2

2014

Change

(pp)

Hong Kong

300

69

70

(1)

Other Asia (note 10)

1,693

71

66

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USA and Europe (note 11)

968

74

81

(7)

Average Room Rate (HK$)

Number of rooms

Q2

2015

Q2

2014

Change

(%)

Hong Kong

300

4,436

5,242

(15)

Other Asia (note 10)

1,693

2,283

2,258

1

USA and Europe (note 11)

968

6,052

5,009

21

RevPAR (HK$)

Number of rooms

Q2

2015

Q2

2014

Change

(%)

Hong Kong

300

3,051

3,653

(16)

Other Asia (note 10)

1,693

1,630

1,492

9

USA and Europe (note 11)

968

4,487

4,034

11

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LEASING

Occupancy Rate (%)

Q2

2015

Q2

2014

Change

(pp)

Residential (note 16)

94

84

10

Shopping Arcades

95

98

(3)

Office

98

98

0

Average Monthly Yield

per available square foot (HK$)

Q2

2015

Q2

2014

Change

(%)

Residential (note 16)

46

41

12

Shopping Arcades

203

202

0

Office

53

52

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The unaudited quarterly operating statistics of the Company for 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

THE PENINSULA HOTELS

Rooms

Average Room Rate (HK$)

2015

2014

Average Room Rate (HK$)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Hong Kong

5,123 4,436

5,111 5,242 4,733 5,480

Other Asia (note 10)

2,181 2,283

2,104 2,258 1,964 2,238

USA and Europe (note 11)

5,282 6,052

4,842 5,009 5,559 6,131

RevPAR (HK$)

2015

2014

RevPAR (HK$)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Hong Kong

3,832 3,051

3,989 3,653 3,487 4,317

Other Asia (note 10)

1,486 1,630

1,256 1,492 1,274 1,528

USA and Europe (note 11)

2,980 4,487

3,069 4,034 4,554 4,339

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LEASING

Occupancy Rate (%)

2015

2014

Occupancy Rate (%)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Residential (note 16)

92 94

84 84 86 88

Shopping Arcades

95 95

99 98 96 98

Office

99 98

90 98 100 100

Average Monthly Yield

per available square foot (HK$)

2015

2014

Average Monthly Yield

per available square foot (HK$)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Residential (note 16)

45 46

41 41 42 43

Shopping Arcades

202 203

206 202 210 207

Office

54 53

48 52 54 55

Notes for All Operations:

1. pp = percentage points
2. ( ) = the change is a decrease compared with last year
3. All amounts are expressed in HK$

Notes for The Peninsula Hotels:

4. Number of rooms is the total number of guestrooms in a hotel, whether available for sale or not. Rooms available, or saleable inventory, is the total room inventory less rooms unavailable for an extended period of time and / or permanent house use rooms.
5. Occupancy Rate is the number of rooms sold / rooms available for sale.
6. Average Room Rate is the total rooms revenue / number of rooms sold.
7. RevPAR is the total rooms revenue / rooms available for sale.
8. Occupancy rates, average room rates and RevPAR are weighted averages for the hotels in each grouping.
9. The average room rates and RevPAR include undistributed service charge, which is levied at 10% in Hong Kong and at 15% in China and Japan.
10. The available inventory of The Peninsula Beijing was reduced from 525 to 305 rooms with effect from January 2015 as preparations were made for their renovation. Additionally, the second floor of the Makati Tower in The Peninsula Manila was converted to commercial area in January 2015, thereby reducing the available inventory from 497 to 469 rooms.
11. The inventory at The Peninsula New York was reduced from 239 to 235 rooms with effect from March 2015 as a result of the creation of a second Grand Suite. The Peninsula Paris, having opened on 1 August 2014 with 115 of its 200 rooms available for sale, is included in these operating statistics from Q3 of 2014. All guestrooms were subsequently available for sale from 1 December 2014.
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12. The Peninsula Hotels are located in: Hong Kong: Hong Kong
Other Asia: Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok and Manila
USA and Europe: New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills and Paris

Notes for Leasing:

13. Occupancy Rate is the occupied area leased / area available for lease.
14. Average Monthly Yield per available square foot is the total rental income / area available for lease.
15. Occupancy rates are weighted averages based on the area available in each grouping.
16. Residential includes all apartments in The Repulse Bay Complex.
17. Shopping Arcades are located in The Peninsula Hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok, Manila, New York and Paris, as well as The Repulse Bay Complex and The Peak Tower.
18. Offices are located in The Peninsula Hong Kong and St. John's Building.
19. The operating statistics do not include information for operations that are not consolidated or whose results are not material in the Group context. These include The Landmark, Vietnam; The Peninsula Residences, Shanghai; 21 avenue Kléber, Paris; and 1-5 Grosvenor Place, London by nature of it being a proposed redevelopment.

Shareholders and potential investors of the Company are reminded that the above operating information has not been reviewed or audited by the Company's independent auditor. Shareholders and potential investors of the Company should therefore exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board

The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited

Christobelle Liao

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17 August 2015
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises the following Directors:

Non-Executive Chairman

The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie

Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

Andrew Clifford Winawer Brandler

Executive Directors

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Clement King Man Kwok

Chief Operating Officer

Peter Camille Borer

Chief Financial Officer

Alan Philip Clark

Non-Executive Directors Ronald James McAulay William Elkin Mocatta

John Andrew Harry Leigh
Nicholas Timothy James Colfer

Independent Non-Executive Directors

Dr. the Hon. Sir David Kwok Po Li
Patrick Blackwell Paul
Pierre Roger Boppe
Dr. William Kwok Lun Fung
Dr. Rosanna Yick Ming Wong
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