Millennium pthorne Hotels : Disclosure of Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii

Millennium and Copthorne Hotels plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

This is a clarification of the number of voting right shares held by the Aberdeen Asset Management PLC Group, in its capacity as discretionary asset manager. Previous notifications have been

Other (please submitted on an all share capital basis (inclusive of shares held

specify): without voting powers being delegated to Aberdeen Asset

Management PLC Group). This notification does not reflect any

changes in shareholdings, and is purely a clarification exercise to confirm the voting rights held. Any such future notifications, as may be required, will be made on a voting rights basis only

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if differentfrom 3.):iv

Aberdeen Global - Asian Smaller Companies Fund

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached:v

N/a

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 March 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of Shares

Number of Voting

Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rightsx

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of Shares

Number of Voting

Rights

Direct

xi

xii

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0005622542

19,758,023

19,536,673

19,758,023

19,536,673

6.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiratio n

datexiii

Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the

instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise

price

Expiratio n datexvii

Exercise/

Conversio n periodxviii

Number of voting

rights instrument refers to

% of voting rightsxix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

19,536,673

6.02

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Martin Reid

15. Contact telephone number:

01224 404253