Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5333V

Whitbread PLC

03 November 2010

 



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:

Whitbread Plc GB00B1KJJ408

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		n/a
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		n/a
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		n/a
Other (please specify):		n/a

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	UBS Investment Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	UBS AG London Branch
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	29 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	02 November 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1KJJ408	No Previous Disclosure	No Previous Disclosure	5,668,654	5,668,654	-	3.21%	-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
5,668,654	3.21%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

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:	Hendrik Marenbach / Konstantina Georgaki
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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