Whitbread PLC Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2945K

Whitbread PLC

31 October 2024

 

Transaction in own shares

 

Whitbread PLC (Whitbread) announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 76 122/153 pence each through J.P. Morgan Securities plc. Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by Whitbread on 16 October 2024, as announced on 16 October 2024.

 

Date of purchase:	30 October 2024
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	184,831
Lowest price paid per share:	3,166.0000
Highest price paid per share:	3,200.0000
Average price paid per share:	3,187.0530

Whitbread intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Since 16 October 2024, Whitbread has purchased 633,142 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £20,588,544.45.

 

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 12,454,718 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 178,810,757 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Whitbread will be 178,810,757 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Whitbread under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme.

 

Schedule of Purchases:

Shares purchased:	Whitbread PLC (ISIN: GB00B1KJJ408)
Date of purchases:	30 October 2024
Investment firm:	J.P. Morgan Securities plc

 

Aggregate information:

 

Venue	Volume-weighted average price	Aggregated volume	Lowest price per share	Highest price per share
London Stock Exchange	3,188.4540	109,873	3,166.0000	3,200.0000
BATS Europe	3,184.9995	74,958	3,166.0000	3,190.0000

 

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