Holding in Company

Whitbread PLC
19 October 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

WHITBREAD PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

PRUDENTIAL PLC


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS ABOVE


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

SEE SCHEDULE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

67,900


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class    INSIGNIFICANT

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

25P ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

18 OCTOBER 2000

11)  Date company informed


18 OCTOBER 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

15,045,893

               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.02%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MRS. P TOWNSEND      020 7615 1111

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ...18 OCTOBER 2000



                          NOTIFIABLES
                        POSITION REPORT

CLIENT FUND REPORTING GROUP:     PPMB
SEDOL:                           0960502
WHITBREAD:                       0960502 ORD GBP0.25

SHARES IN ISSUE  REGISTERED HOLDER                      CURRENT     HOLDING
                                                        HOLDING        %

497,609,668      M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS AA               230,500       0.04
                 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE              103,473       0.02
                 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPM              177,716       0.03
                 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS G                141,407       0.02
                 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS HB               300,000       0.06
                 PPMCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI           171,500       0.03
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      11,198,651       2.25
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC         384,802       0.07
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC       2,318,969       0.46
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SAL AC          13,800       0.00
                 PRUDENTIAL WORLD VALUE FUND              5,075       0.00

497,609,668                                          15,045,893       3.02