Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
6 January 2003


Letter to Whitbread plc
Dated 23 December 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 those companies identified below no longer have a 
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company:
 
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

Please note that there is no longer a Companies Act 1985 section 208(5) 
interest.

Notwithstanding the above, certain companies within the Prudential plc group of 
companies continue to have notifiable interests, details of which are set out in 
the schedule below.

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

Letter from:  M&G Investment Management Limited


          Notifiable Position Report for WHITBREAD ORD GBP0.50
                        as at 20 December 2002

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 295,885,061 
ORD GBP0.50 shares


                 Registered Holder                    Holding    %

Prudential plc                                      9,217,846   3.11       Total 
                                                                      Notifiable 
                                                                        Interest

                 M&G(LOMBARD ST)NOMS FPE               10,967
                 MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI           31,117
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PAC AC      7,615,661
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PHL AC        265,573
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC        955,387
                 PRUDENTIAL EURO INDEX TRACKER          1,840
                 PRUDENTIAL UK INDEX TRACKER TS         1,437
                 ROY NOMINEES 578079                   32,188
                 ROY NOMS LTD 578052                   18,745
                 ROY NOMS LTD 578060                  170,000
                 ROY NOMS LTD 578141                   36,708
                 ROY NOMS LTD 578192                   78,223


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