Director/PDMR Shareholding

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
02 August 2005


                              DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

The Company's Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') holds a balance of 1,585,004
Mitchells & Butlers ordinary shares following the exercise of an option by a
non-director over 18,093 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.

M J N Bridge
Deputy Secretary




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