Director Shareholding

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
21 June 2004


21 June 2004

                              Directors' Interests

Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, as Trustees of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trust, bought 82,000 Mitchells & Butlers ordinary shares on 18 June 2004 at
263.1811p per ordinary share.

The balance now held by the Trust is 2,037,000 shares.

The Executive Directors of the Company, M.Bramley, T.Clarke, A.Hughes and
K.Naffah, as potential beneficiaries under the Trust, are deemed to be
interested in the above purchase.

M J N Bridge
Deputy Secretary


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