Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
30 July 2004

Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198
 
Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General 
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company:
 


Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945          104,362 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363           86,680 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775237           37,420
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 886603        1,185,930
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245        1,141,963
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 130007           48,124
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286          101,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206        7,236,103
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203          415,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332           39,800 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 916681           15,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 922437              900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612          348,007
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602            9,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605          618.946
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509          402,635
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793           21,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434           11,774 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422           25,000
 
                                                      11,849,644    3 98%

We currently have a notifiable interest in 11,849,644 Ordinary 50p shares which 
we understand represents 3.98% of that class of your share capital calculated on 
an issued share capital of 297,495,738 Ordinary 50p shares.




Helen Tasker 
Authorised Signatory
 



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