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Whitbread PLC 09 January 2007 Letter to Whitbread Plc Letter dated 08 January 2007 UK COMPANIES ACT 1985 - SECTIONS 198-203 - Whitbread Plc (the 'Company') This notification relates to issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ('shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'). We hereby notify you that as at close of business on 4 January 2007, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ('GS Inc') of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, was interested, by attribution only, in a total 14,806,576 shares. Of these 14,806,576 shares: • The interest in 10,203,546 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. These shares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP. • The interest in 4,603,030 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited. Letter from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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