Whitbread PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2014

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RNS Number : 4185L

Whitbread PLC

03 July 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



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
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			ü
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	23rd June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03rd July 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%


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
Indirect		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B1KJJ408	9,024,053			9,024,053			9,177,791				9,177,791			5.05


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
9,177,791								5.05

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi


Custodian	Day to Day IM	Total
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	34,000
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC.	4,855,519
	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	156,525
	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	2,613
	SELECTCOLLC-FIDELITY SELECTCO, LLC	40,319
CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	6,594
CITIBANK NA	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC.	1,721,112
CITIBANK NA, HONG KONG BR (S)	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	7,479
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	19,073
	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	3,315
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC.	1,618,394
	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	15,097
	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	47,136
MELLON BANK NA (C)	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	20,725
NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	6,925
NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC.	51,398
	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	11,763
	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	4,437
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON (C)	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	32,738
ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C)	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	20,197
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (C	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	4,475
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC.	314,624
	PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY	94,450
	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	80,922
US BANK NA (C)	PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC.	7,961
Grand Total		9,177,791

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

153,738

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

23rd June 2014

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Alex Hagel

15. Contact telephone number:

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