Whitbread PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Nov 11, 2015

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RNS Number : 3644F

Whitbread PLC

11 November 2015

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: 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		MFS Investment Management
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		9 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5.00%

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	9,103,523			9,103,523							9,330,908				5.11%
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
9,330,908								5.11%

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

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Entity		Holding	Percentage Held
MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A.		178,486	0.0978%
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.		290,362	0.1591%
MFS Investment Management		5,128,466	2.8106%
MFS Heritage Trust Company		544,687	0.2985%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.		982,805	0.5386%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.		1,655,656	0.9074%
MFS Investment Management K.K.		420,672	0.2305%
MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.		129,774	0.0711%
Notifiable Interest		9,330,908	5.1136%
Shares Outstanding		182,470,843

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:

15. Contact telephone number:

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