Director/PDMR Shareholding

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
12 December 2005


12 December 2005

                              Directors' Interests

SHORT TERM DEFERRED INCENTIVE PLAN

The second tranch of shares (equivalent to one third of the conditional award
made in respect of the 2002/03 annual bonus) under the Short Term Deferred
Incentive Plan was released on Friday, 9 December 2005.

Accordingly, shares have been transferred from the Mitchells & Butlers Employee
Benefit Trust (the 'Trust'), net of tax and NI liabilities, to directors as
follows:

Director                            Number of                    Total number of
                                       shares                        shares held
                                                                      after this
                                                                           award
Mike Bramley                           10,217                            115,124
Tim Clarke                             15,719                            556,586
Tony Hughes                            10,217                            133,215
Karim Naffah                           11,004                            246,717

Following these releases and share option exercises by non-directors, the
balance in the Trust is 691,716 Mitchells & Butlers shares. The executive
directors of the Company, Mike Bramley, Tim Clarke, Tony Hughes and Karim
Naffah, are technically deemed to be interested in these shares as potential
beneficiaries under the Trust.

Victoria M Penrice

0121 498 6514


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