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Whitbread PLC announced it purchased 195,747 of its ordinary shares from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc on 23 July 2024, at a volume weighted average price of 2,869.39p per share. This transaction was pursuant to instructions issued on 30 April 2024, bringing the total shares purchased since that date to 5,031,586 at a cost of £149,166,655.37. Following settlement, Whitbread holds 12,454,718 ordinary shares in treasury, with 191,965,778 shares in issue and 179,511,060 total voting rights.
| Date | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Time | 07:00:04 |
| Category | Capital structure |
| ID | 5363X |
Whitbread PLC
TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES
24 July 2024
Whitbread PLC ("Whitbread") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 76 122/153 pence each on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral Trading Facilities from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc ("Morgan Stanley"). Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by Whitbread on 30 April 2024, as announced on 30 April 2024:
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Date of purchase: |
23 July 2024 |
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Number of ordinary shares purchased: |
195,747 |
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Highest price paid per share: |
2,891.00p |
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Lowest price paid per share: |
2,846.00p |
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Volume weighted average price paid per share: |
2,869.39p |
Whitbread intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 30 April 2024, Whitbread has purchased 5,031,586 shares at a cost (excluding dealing and associated costs) of £149,166,655.37.
Following settlement of the above transaction, Whitbread will hold 12,454,718 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 191,965,778 ordinary shares in issue.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Whitbread will be 179,511,060 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.
A full breakdown of the individual trades by Morgan Stanley is detailed in the Schedule to this announcement available through the link below:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5363X_1-2024-7-23.pdf
For more information please contact:
Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat & Insurance: [email protected] | +44 1582 889346