REG - Whitbread PLC - Holding(s) in Company

WhitbreadAnnouncement

20/04/2020 10:10

RNS Number : 1809K
  
Whitbread PLC
  
20 April 2020
  
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i










1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: 


Whitbread PLC




1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)




Non-UK issuer








2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")




An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


X




An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments








An event changing the breakdown of voting rights








Other (please specify)iii:








3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv




Name


Vulcan Value Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Vulcan")




City and country of registered office (if applicable)


Birmingham, Alabama, Unites States




4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v




Name


Vulcan Value Partners, LLC is the investment advisor to (1) Vulcan Value Partners Large Cap Fund, a US mutual fund, and (2) a number of separately-managed client accounts.
 
The custodian for the US mutual fund is BNY Mellon.
 
Various custodians, numbering 40 in total, serve as custodian for the separately-managed accounts.  See additional information for the full list.




City and country of registered office (if applicable)


Birmingham, Alabama, Unites States




5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:


April 16, 2020




6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):


April 16, 2020




7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation








% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)


% of voting rights through financial instruments

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)


Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)


Total number of voting rights of issuervii




Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached


4.98%


N/A


4.98%


6,698,606
 




Position of previous notification (if 
applicable)


N/A


N/A


N/A
















 



8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii




A: Voting rights attached to shares




Class/type of

shares
ISIN code (if possible)


Number of voting rightsix


% of voting rights




Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)


Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)


Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)


Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)




Ordinary Shares
GB00B1KJJ408


N/A


 
6,362,562
 


N/A


4.73%




ADR
US96342K1007


N/A


336,044


N/A


0.25%


























SUBTOTAL 8. A


6,698,606


4.98%




 
 




B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))




Type of financial instrument


Expiration

datex


Exercise/

Conversion Periodxi


Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is 
exercised/converted.


% of voting rights




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A
























































SUBTOTAL 8. B 1


N/A


N/A




 
 
 
 
 




B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))




Type of financial instrument


Expiration

datex


Exercise/

Conversion Period xi


Physical or cash 
settlementxii


Number of voting rights 


% of voting rights




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A




































































SUBTOTAL 8.B.2


N/A


N/A




 
 















 



9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the 
applicable box with an "X")




Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii


X




Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)








Namexv


% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold


% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold


Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold




Vulcan Value Partners, LLC is controlled by C.T. Fitzpatrick by virtue of C.T. Fitzpatrick holding a majority of voting and economic rights in it.


4.98%


N/A


4.98%


















































































10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:




Name of the proxy holder








The number and % of voting rights held








The date until which the voting rights will be held














11. Additional informationxvi




The 40 custodians referred to in item 4 above are as follows:
 
Amalgamated Trust
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of New York - Mellon
Bank of Oklahoma
BNY Mellon
Bank of Hawaii
Citi Private Bank
Comerica Bank
First Hawaiian Bank
Fidelity (TD)
Fiduciary Trust
Fidelity Management Trust Company
First National Bank
First Republic
Fiduciary Trust Boston
First Western
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
JP Morgan Private
Macatawa Bank
Marshall & Ilsley
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley Dual Contract
M&T Bank
Northern Trust
Pershing (TD)
Pictet
PNC Bank
Raymond James
RBX
Regions Trust
Ropes and Gray/ SEI Private Trust Company
Salem Trust
Schwab
State Street
Sun Trust Bank
UMB Bank
US Bank
Wells Fargo Trust
Wells Fargo First Union










 



Place of completion


Birmingham, Alabama, United States




Date of completion


February 24, 2020



 


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