Mandarin In.sg Regulatory News (MDO)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Mandarin Oriental International Limited

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition 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

Other (please specify):

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

Neptune Investment Management Ltd

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

• Neptune/Aston Fund (Segregated Fund)

• Neptune Balanced Fund 

• Neptune China Fund 

• Neptune China Income Fund

• Neptune Global Equity Fund

• Neptune Global Alpha Fund 

• Neptune Mature Markets Fund 

• Newham Pension Fund (Segregated Fund)

• Neptune Global Growth (SICAV)

• Neptune UBS Multi Manager (Segregated Fund)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

18th December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21st December 2009

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

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of sharesif possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of US$0.05 each ISIN: BMG578481068

49,349,000

49,349,000

49,679,000

49,679,000

-

5.01%

-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/  Conversion Period

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 Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

49,679,000

5.01%

9. Chain of controller undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Neil M McNamara, Jardine Matheson Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

852 2843 8227