UK's Whitbread rises on $2.03 billion shareholder payout report

Whitbread

27/04/2026 08:12

** Shares of Premier Inn owner Whitbread WTB.L up 2.4% at 2519 p, top gainer on London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, which is down 0.75%
** Whitbread plans to sell a swathe of Premier Inn hotels and return 1.5 billion pounds ($2.03 billion) to shareholders, the Times reported on Sunday

** Up to Friday's close, stock down 3.57% so far this year, compared with FTSE's 4.51% climb

($1 = 0.7388 pounds)

 (Reporting by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)

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