Whitbread PLC
TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES
25 July 2024
Whitbread PLC ("Whitbread") announces today that
it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 76
122/153 pence each on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral
Trading Facilities from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc
("Morgan Stanley"). Such purchase was effected pursuant to
instructions issued by Whitbread on 30 April 2024, as announced on
30 April 2024:
Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase:
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24 July 2024
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Number of ordinary shares purchased:
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83,290
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Highest price paid per share:
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2,883.00p
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Lowest price paid per
share:
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2,835.00p
|
Volume weighted average price paid per
share:
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2,865.84p
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Whitbread intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 30 April 2024, Whitbread has purchased
5,114,876 shares at a cost (excluding dealing and associated costs)
of
£151,553,613.51.
Following settlement of the above
transaction, Whitbread will hold 12,454,718 of its ordinary shares
in treasury and has 191,882,488
ordinary shares in issue.
These purchases are the last
purchases to be made under the irrevocable programme between
Whitbread, on
the one hand, and Morgan Stanley, on
the other hand, announced on 30 April 2024, as that irrevocable
programme has been completed.
Therefore, the total number of
voting rights in Whitbread will be 179,427,770 and this figure may
be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, Whitbread under the Financial Conduct Authority's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
A full breakdown of the individual
trades by Morgan Stanley is detailed in the Schedule to this
announcement available through the link below:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7271X_1-2024-7-24.pdf
This announcement does not
constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an
offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
For more information
please contact:
Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat & Insurance:
daren.lowry@whitbread.com
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