REG - Whitbread PLC - Conversion of B and C Shares

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16/12/2024 16:15

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RNS Number : 2828Q  Whitbread PLC  16 December 2024

16 December 2024

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Whitbread PLC

Conversion of B Shares and C Shares

Further to its announcement on 22 November 2024, Whitbread PLC (the 'Company')
announces that it has today implemented and completed the conversion, in
accordance with its articles of association (the 'Articles'), of its B
non-cumulative preference shares of 1 pence each ('B Shares') and C
non-cumulative preference shares of 1 pence each ('C Shares') into ordinary
shares of 76 (122)/(153) pence each ('Ordinary Shares') (the 'Conversion').

A total of 205,588 Ordinary Shares (the 'New Ordinary Shares') have been
created as a result of the Conversion.  A total of 6,510,506 deferred shares
of (1)/(153) pence, each also created as a result of the Conversion, have
today been indirectly transferred back to the Company, in accordance with its
rights under the Articles, and cancelled. There are no longer any B Shares or
C Shares, nor any deferred shares, in issue.

Applications have been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to
listing on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (the 'FCA')
and to trading on the main market for listed securities on the London Stock
Exchange ('Admission'). Admission is expected to take place no later than 8.00
a.m. on 19 December 2024.

The Company's issued share capital following the Conversion consists of
188,875,752 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 12,454,718 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 176,421,034 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, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.

 

For further information, please contact:

investorrelations@whitbread.com

 

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transfer of the securities referred to in this announcement in any
jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.

Neither the Ordinary Shares, nor the B Shares, nor the C Shares have been or
will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
'Securities Act') or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or
other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, pledged,
taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States absent registration under the
Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in
compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States.

 

 

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