Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
20 October 2004



Letter to: Whitbread PLC
Dated: 19 October 2004


Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as 18 October 
2004 Barclays PLC no longer has a notifiable interest in the capital of your 
Company.

According to our records your Company's Issued Share Capital is 298,308,020. 


From: Geoff Smith
      Manager, Secretarial Services
      Barclays PLC


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