Director/PDMR Shareholding

Whitbread PLC
28 April 2006






DATE:   28 April 2006




                                 WHITBREAD PLC



                         SENIOR EXECUTIVE SHARE AWARDS





LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN



Under the terms of the long-term incentive plan of Whitbread PLC, conditional
awards at nil cost were made to certain senior executives of the Company in
respect of the 3 year performance period 1 March 2006 to 28 February 2009.  The
maximum number of Whitbread PLC 58 1/8 p Ordinary shares which each
executive could potentially receive in respect of this performance period, is as
follows:-





                      Number of Shares


Patrick Dempsey           13,172

Mark Phillips             13,167

Christopher Rogers        34,835

Desmond Taljaard          28,843

Mike Tye                  20,308





The exercise of the awards is subject to performance criteria based on
Whitbread's TSR performance relative to the other companies within a comparator
group over the performance period.





WHITBREAD LEADERSHIP GROUP INCENTIVE SCHEME



Under the terms of Whitbread Leadership Group Incentive Scheme, the following
awards of shares were made to senior executives of the Company in respect of the
financial year of the Company ended 2 March 2006:-


                                   Number of shares


Patrick Dempsey                         10,538
Mike Tye                                16,247


Notes



•       The numbers of shares have been calculated by dividing such part of the
executive's bonus as the executive is entitled to receive in Ordinary shares of
58 1/8 p in the capital of Whitbread PLC by the average of the middle-market
closing price of the shares during the 5 days preceding 1 March 2006 (£10.765).



•       The awards are not subject to any performance conditions.  The awards
will vest in full subject to the executive remaining an employee of Whitbread
until the third anniversary of award date under the rules of the scheme.  The
awards will also be released in full if the executive ceases to be employed by
Whitbread by reason of redundancy, retirement, death, injury, ill health or
disability or the transfer of a business or company in which the executive is
employed outside the Whitbread Group.  If the executive ceases to be in
employment for any other reason, the proportion of award which vests depends
upon the date of cessation of employment.











Russell Fairhurst

Deputy Company Secretary

Tel. No. 01582 396552


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