8th Feb 2008 17:57
Whitbread PLC08 February 2008 The Transaction in Own Shares announcement for Whitbread PLC released today at 17:30 under RNS No 6794N has been re-released to facilitate onward transmission by third party vendors. The announcement is unchanged and is reproduced in full below. Whitbread PLC Purchase of Own Shares Whitbread PLC announces that on 08 February 2008 it purchased 200,000 of its 76122/153p ordinary shares at a price of 1248.97p per share. Whitbread PLCpurchased these shares via Hoare Govett Limited's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.,London Branch. The shares purchased will be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, Whitbread PLC holds 17,083,806 shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is176,705,756. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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