Whitbread PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Dec 12, 2016

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RNS Number : 6165R

Whitbread PLC

12 December 2016

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					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					X
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		Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios
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		8 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5% of total voting rights under management

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	10,624,172				9,163,842			10,474,145				9,013,815				4.92%
US9634101052	6,150				6,150			6,150				6,150				0.00%
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
Rights to recall lent shares											145,307				0.08%
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
9,165,272									5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC                                                                                                    Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (3.99%)
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:	This notification is due to crossing below the 5% voting right threshold of voting rights attached to shares due to trading and stock being issued out on loan. The total holding including the right to recall lent shares remains above 5%.
14. Contact name:	Ben Van Loon
15. Contact telephone number:	01224 404090

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