Whitbread PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

May 28, 2013

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RNS Number : 7131F

Whitbread PLC

28 May 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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

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: iii	Abbey National Treasury Services plc and holding companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	17/5/2013 20/5/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24/05/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	17/5/2013: From Below 3% to Above 4% 20/5/2013: From Above 4% to Below 3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if 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 x
Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1KJJ408	3,621,834	3,621,834	7,700,780	7,700,780		4.29%
GB00B1KJJ408	7,700,780	7,700,780	1,533,514	1,533,514		0.86%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,700,780	4.29%
1,533,514	0.86%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The chain of controlled undertakings is as follows: Abbey National Treasury Services plc Santander UK plc Banco Santander, S.A.

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:	Luciana Rafaelle Tavares Da Silva
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 756 5367

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