Transaction in Own Shares
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Whitbread PLC
TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES
26 February 2026
Whitbread PLC ('Whitbread") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 76 122/153 pence each through Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc ('Morgan Stanley'). Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by Whitbread pursuant to the share buy-back programme as announced on 1 May 2025:
Ordinary Shares
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Date of purchase: |
25 February 2026 |
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Number of ordinary shares purchased: |
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Highest price paid per share: |
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Lowest price paid per share: |
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Volume weighted average price paid per share: |
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Whitbread intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 1 May 2025, Whitbread has purchased 8,833,181 shares at a cost excluding dealing and associated costs of £247,591,510.10.
Following settlement of the above transaction, Whitbread will hold 12,454,718 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 180,196,253 ordinary shares in issue (including treasury shares).
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Whitbread will be 167,741,535 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.
These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the irrevocable programme between Whitbread, on the one hand, and Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, announced on 1 May 2025, as that irrevocable programme has been completed.
The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme.
Schedule of purchases - aggregate information:
Shares purchased: Whitbread PLC (ISIN: GB00B1KJJ408)
Date of purchases: 25 February 2026
Investment firm: Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
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Venue |
Volume-weighted average price paid per share (GB pence) |
Aggregate number of shares purchased |
Lowest price paid per share (GB pence) |
Highest price paid per share (GB pence) |
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London Stock Exchange |
2,632.32 |
27,998 |
2,615.00 |
2,664.00 |
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CHI-X Europe |
2,634.46 |
20,795 |
2,613.00 |
2,661.00 |
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BATS Europe |
2,629.77 |
7,767 |
2,615.00 |
2,656.00 |
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Aquis Stock Exchange |
2,638.77 |
4,590 |
2,613.00 |
2,657.00 |
Schedule of purchases - individual transactions:
A full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4279U_1-2026-2-25.pdf
This announcement will be available on Whitbread's website at: https://www.whitbread.co.uk/investors/news-events-and-alerts/rns/
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
For more information please contact:
Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat & Insurance: daren.lowry@whitbread.com | +44 1582 889346
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