Whitbread Shares Purchase

RNS Number : 4781L

Whitbread PLC

06 May 2010

 



Whitbread PLC

6 May 2010

WHITBREAD SHARES PURCHASE

Andy Harrison, who will be Chief Executive Designate of Whitbread PLC when he joins the company in September 2010, has purchased 50,684 ordinary Whitbread shares on 5 May, at 1468.74 pence.

Ends

For further information contact:
Whitbread
Tabitha Aldrich Smith, Director of Communications	[phone]
Tulchan
David Allchurch	+ 44 (0) 20 7353 4200

Notes to Editors

Notes to Editors

Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in the budget hotels and restaurant 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 millionand 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.

 

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