Holding in Company

Whitbread PLC
31 July 2001

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

WHITBREAD PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

LEGAL AND GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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.


6)   (  %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   (  %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

50P ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

25 JULY 2001

11)  Date company informed

30 JULY 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

8,886,389
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14)  Any additional information


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MRS E THORPE 01582 396 097

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

E A THORPE

     Date of Notification    31 JULY 2001



LETTER TO: WHITBREAD PLC


Companies Act 1985 - Disclosure of Interest in shares

Consequent upon a transfer into management of 64,975 shares on the 25 July 2001,
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 886603             990,692
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245           1,560,396
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612             120,007
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793               3,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 252605             183,946
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509             167,235
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206           5,641,513
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203             219,600

                                                          8,886,389     3.00%

Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 295,551,798.

 
LETTER FROM:   LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED