Whitbread PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Oct 17, 2013

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RNS Number : 7740Q

Whitbread PLC

17 October 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	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	15 October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16 October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Below 6%

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
Ordinary Shares (GB00B1KJJ408)	10,870,002	10,870,002			10,686,702		5.9267%

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
10,686,702	5.9267%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
See Schedule 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:
15. Contact telephone number:

Schedule A

As of 15 October 2013

Whitbread PLC

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.(“CG”) holdings	10,686,702	5.927%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
·         Capital Guardian Trust Company	4,040,931	2.241%
·         Capital International Limited	166,500	0.092%
·         Capital International SArl	317,000	0.176%
·         Capital International, Inc.	182,200	0.101%
·         Capital Research and Management Company	5,980,071	3.316%

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