Director Shareholding

Whitbread PLC
10 June 2003



                                 WHITBREAD PLC

                         EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION SCHEMES

The following awards were made on 9 June 2003 to Executive Directors of the
Company under the Whitbread 2001 Approved and Unapproved Share Option Schemes :


                                                      Number of shares

Stewart Miller                                                  50,000
Alan Parker                                                     50,000
David Richardson                                                50,000
Bill Shannon                                                    50,000

Share Option price is 642.5p per share.


Liz Thorpe
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel. No. 0207 806 5420


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