Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
10 September 2002

Letter to Whitbread plc
Dated 9 September 2002

Companies Act 1985 (as amended)
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'), 
we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary 
companies have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company 
as detailed in the schedule below.

Please note that (*) denotes a Companies Act 1985 section 208 (5) interest
only.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified 
in the schedule below is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH.

Letter from:  M&G Investments


          Notifiable Position Report for WHITBREAD ORD GBP0.50
                       as at 06 September 2002

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 295,512,386 
ORD GBP0.50 shares


                       Registered Holder                    Holding           %

Prudential plc                                              9,941,806        3.36   Total Notifiable Interest
                       M&G(LOMBARD ST)NOMS FPE                 27,000
                       MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI             73,775
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC        7,615,661
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC(*)          319,000
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PHL AC          277,458
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC        1,026,058
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)SAL AC            7,280
                       PRUDENTIAL EURO INDEX TRACKER            1,840
                       ROY NOMINEES 578079                     76,000
                       ROY NOMS LTD 578052                     40,844
                       ROY NOMS LTD 578060                    190,000
                       ROY NOMS LTD 578141                     91,890
                       ROY NOMS LTD 578192                    195,000

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited                    9,041,774        3.05

                       MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK)SALI              73,775
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC        7,615,661
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC(*)          319,000
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC        1,026,058
                       PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)SAL AC            7,280


Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 295,512,386
ORD GBP0.50 shares

             
                       Registered Holder                      Holding          %

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