Whitbread PLC
25 June 2010
WHITBREAD SHARE PURCHASE
Andy Harrison, who will be Chief Executive Designate of Whitbread PLC when he joins the Company in September 2010, purchased 81,550 ordinary Whitbread shares on 23 June 2010. Andy now holds 132,234 Whitbread shares.
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For further information contact:
Daren Lowry: 01582 889346
Head of Secretariat and Risk Management
Notes to Editors
Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in the budget hotels and restaurants sectors. Its well-loved brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Taybarns and Costa Coffee.
Whitbread PLC employs over 33,000 people and serves 10 million customers every month in over 2,000 outlets across the UK.
In the year ended 4 March 2010, Whitbread PLC reported a 7.5% increase in Group Revenue to £1,435.0 million and Underlying Profit before tax of £239.1 million up 6.6%.
Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.