Holding in Company

Whitbread PLC
23 October 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     Whitbread PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     Legal and General

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.

     410,000

6)   (INSIGNIFICANT %) of issued Class

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

     20 October 2000

11)  Date company informed

     23 October 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

     15,013,573
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.01%

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: S C Barratt 

     Date of Notification ..23 October 2000..




Letter to: Whitbread Plc
Letter dated: 20 October 2000

           Companies Act 1985 - Disclosure of Interest in shares

Consequent upon a purchase in the market of 410,000 shares on the 20 October
2000, we now hold the following number of shares which are not subject to a
concert party and will be registered as follows:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245      4,500,915
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602         19,245
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612        485,013
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793         10,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 252605        506,578
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509        268,725
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203        376,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206      8,575,073
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007        197,024
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286         75,000
 
                                                    15,013,573     3.01%


Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 497,600,000.


Letter from: Legal & General Investment Management