Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread Group PLC
30 May 2006


LETTER TO:  WHITBREAD PLC
DATED:      26 MAY 2006


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               91,147
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363               43,632
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775237              142,918
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942199              916,654
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229              910,990
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217              911,536
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942205              917,818
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942175              912,498
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187              911,319
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245              747,263 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286              285,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206            6,082,795
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203              485,044
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332               51,191
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 916681               13,285
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 969995              601,736
Citibank, Ldn A/c 6011467727                                   1,285
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612              231,598
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602               41,786
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605            2,250,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509              398,174
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793              414,121
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 824434               11,485
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 924432              393,385

                                                          17,766,660  6.88%

We currently have a notifiable interest in 17,766,660 GBP0.5833 shares which we
understand represents 6.88% of that class of your share capital calculated on an
issued share capital of 258,212,838 GBP0.5833 shares.


LETTER FROM: Helen Lewis              Helen Tasker   
             Authorised Signatory     Authorised Signatory
             LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
      
 




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