Whitbread : Circ re. Sale of Costa and Notice of GM

Whitbread PLC

Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting

Further to the announcement made on 31 August 2018, Whitbread PLC (the 'Company' or 'Whitbread') will today publish a circular (the 'Circular') in relation to the proposed sale of Costa Limited to The Coca Cola Company (the 'Transaction').

The Transaction is conditional on, among other things, the approval of Whitbread shareholders. Accordingly, the Circular contains a notice convening a General Meeting of the Company which is to be held at Goldman Sachs International, River Court / Brook House, 120 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BE at 2.00 p.m. on 10 October 2018 at which an ordinary resolution will be proposed for Whitbread shareholders to approve the Transaction (the 'Notice of General Meeting').

The Circular and the Notice of General Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM') and will be available for inspection on the NSM's website at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The Circular and the Notice of General Meeting will also be available for viewing on Whitbread's website at www.whitbread.co.uk.

In addition to the passing of the required resolution at the General Meeting, completion of the Transaction is conditional on competition clearance from the antitrust authorities in the EU and China. The Transaction is expected to complete during the first half of 2019.

For more information please contact:

Investor queries

Matt Johnson, Whitbread PLC | [e-mail] | [phone]

Ann Hyams, Whitbread PLC | [e-mail] | [phone]

Media queries

Andrew Grant / David Allchurch / Jessica Reid, Tulchan Communications | [phone]

For photographs and video please visit Whitbread's media library at www.whitbread.co.uk/media.

Cautionary statement

This announcement is not intended to, and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction. The information contained in this announcement is not for release, publication or distribution to persons in any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations.

Important information

Goldman Sachs International ('Goldman Sachs'), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as sponsor and financial adviser to Whitbread and for no one else in connection with the Transaction and will not be responsible to anyone other than Whitbread for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman Sachs or for providing advice in relation to the Transaction, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to in this announcement.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc ('Morgan Stanley'), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as sponsor, financial adviser and corporate broker to Whitbread and for no one else in connection with the Transaction and will not be responsible to anyone other than Whitbread for providing the protections afforded to clients of Morgan Stanley or for providing advice in relation to the Transaction, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to in this announcement.

Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: European Central Bank) and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom. It is subject to supervision by the European Central Bank and by BaFin, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, and is subject to limited regulation in the United Kingdom by the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its London branch ('DB London') is acting as financial adviser and corporate broker to Whitbread and for no one else in connection with the Transaction and will not be responsible to anyone other than Whitbread for providing the protections afforded to clients of DB London nor for providing advice in relation to the Transaction, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to in this announcement.

Incorporation by reference

Neither the content of Whitbread's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on Whitbread's website (or any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.

Whitbread PLC's LEI number is: 21380099VMZKRMN3EX36