Share Dealings

Park Plaza Hotels Limited 13 November 2007 13 November 2007 Park Plaza Hotels Limited ('Park Plaza' or 'the Company') Share Dealings Park Plaza announces that it received notification on 12 November 2007 that NSI Holding 3 B.V. ('NSI') acquired 303,024 shares at a price of 329.80 pence per share on 12 November 2007. NSI is owned 70% by Euro Plaza Holdings B.V. ('Euro Plaza') and 30% by Rausing Limited, a company wholly owned by Molteno Limited ('Molteno'). Both Euro Plaza and Molteno are significant shareholders of Park Plaza and are deemed to be interested in 100% of the 303,024 shares acquired by NSI. Their resultant shareholdings following the acquisition are as follows: Shareholder Shares acquired Previous Interest by NSI Resultant Interest Shares % Shares % Shares % Euro Plaza(1) 17,376,900 42.44 303,024 0.74 17,679,924 43.18 Molteno(2) 7,500,000 18.32 303,024 0.74 7,803,024 19.06 As disclosed in the Admission Document, Eli Papouchado, Park Plaza's Chairman, is deemed to be interested in shares held by Euro Plaza and Boris Ivesha, Park Plaza's CEO, is deemed to be interested in shares acquired by Molteno. Both Eli Papouchado and Boris Ivesha are therefore deemed to be interested in 100% of the 303,024 shares acquired by NSI. Details of the directors' share acquisitions and resultant holdings are as follows: Director Shares acquired Previous Interest by NSI Resultant Interest Shares % Shares % Shares % Eli Papouchado 17,376,900 42.44 303,024 0.74 17,679,924 43.18 Boris Ivesha 7,500,000 18.32 303,024 0.74 7,803,024 19.06 As disclosed in the Park Plaza Admission Document, the trustee of the Princeton Trust, the ultimate controlling shareholder of Molteno, has agreed with Euro Plaza, a member of the Red Sea Group that for so long as their combined interests in the Company are not less than 38% and the Red Sea Group's interest in the Company is at least 26.5% of the issued share capital, the Princeton Trust will vote its shares at general meetings of shareholders in a consistent manner with the votes cast by the Red Sea Group. As a result of this agreement, Euro Plaza and Molteno are deemed to be acting in concert for the purposes of Rule 9 of the Takeover Code. Euro Plaza and Molteno between them hold more than 50 per cent of the Company's voting rights and (for so long as they continue to be treated as acting in concert) may accordingly increase their aggregate interests in shares without incurring any obligation under Rule 9 to make a general offer, although individual members of the concert party will not be able to increase their percentage interest in shares through or between a Rule 9 threshold without Takeover Panel consent. The Takeover Panel has confirmed that no obligation to make a mandatory offer for the Company arises from the acquisitions of shares described in this announcement. For further details on the Takeover Code, please refer to www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. Enquiries: Park Plaza Hotels Tel: +44 (0)20 7034 4800 Chen Moravsky, Chief Financial Officer Hudson Sandler Tel: +44 (0)20 7796 4133 Jessica Rouleau / Wendy Baker (1) The AP Descendants' Trust (a trust established under the laws of the Cayman Islands for the children of Mr Avner Papouchado), the YP Descendants' Trust (a trust established under the laws of the Cayman Islands for the children of Mr Yoav Papouchado), Peninsula International Enterprises Ltd., Three Continents Holdings Ltd., Horizon Enterprises B.V. and Atlantic Pacific are also interested in these shares by virtue of their controlling interest in Euro Plaza. (2) The Princeton Trust (a discretionary trust established under the laws of the British Virgin Islands by Boris Ivesha) is also interested in these shares as a result of its controlling interest in Molteno. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange HOLIFFIFLELFLID
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