Director/PDMR Shareholding

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
21 July 2005


                              DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The Company's Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') holds a balance of 1,691,478
Mitchells & Butlers ordinary shares following the exercise of options by
non-directors over 46,486 shares.

The executive directors of the Company, M.L.Bramley, T.Clarke, A.Hughes and
K.Naffah, as potential beneficiaries under the Trust, are technically deemed to
be interested in the above balance.

Victoria M Penrice
Assistant Secretary




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