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Whitbread PLC 30 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 ('THE ACT') WHITBREAD This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd. We are writing on behalf of AXA S A of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares. AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 34,840,873 Ord in the 219,492,327 share capital immediately after the times when the obligation of disclosure arose pursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares are represented by a beneficial Interest of 7,991,206 shares (3,64%), and a non-beneficial interest of 26,849,667 shares (12.23%). The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 27/10/06, is as per the attached Appendix. This notification of change is due to a decrease in the total holding from 16.03% to 15.87% DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 WHITBREAD Ord Name of the Number of Particulars of Registered as Company/Fund Shares Beneficial Owners AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 159,768 Trustees of AXA UK Investment HSBC Global Custody Distribution Fund Co ICVC Distribution Fund Nominees (UK) Ltd (Non-Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845029 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 57,723 Trustees of AXA UK Investment HSBC Global Custody UK Growth Fund Co ICVC UK Growth Fund Nominees (UK) Ltd (Non-Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845005 PPP Healthcare Group plc 56,968 Guardian Royal Exchange plc Chase Nominees Ltd (Non-Beneficial) and Subs. Cos a/c 13067 Trinity Tower 9 St Thomas Moore St London EC1 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 51,000 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c ? Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 220,700 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867818 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 1,016,983 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867396 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 201,813 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867530 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 1,972,692 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867372 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 33,856 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867372 Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 935,000 Sun Life Assurance Society Plc HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776934 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 132,922 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776950 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 450,256 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867116 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 29,142 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867220 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 277,585 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867268 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 7,194 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867268 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 265,229 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867050 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 8,592 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd BNY (OCS) Nominees (Beneficial) Limited One Canada Square London E14 5AL Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd 212,500 Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Sun Life (Beneficial) International Isle of Man Ltd a/c a/c SLI 11 AXA France 3,856 (Registration details available (Non-Beneficial) upon request) AXA Royal Belge 4 (Registration details available (Non-Beneficial) upon request) AXA Colonia Konzern 181,160 (Registration details available (Beneficial) upon request) AXA Insurance UK 227,262 AXA Free Chase Nominees Ltd (Beneficial) A/C BT01C AXA Sun Life plc 1,317,500 AXA Sun Life plc Axa Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life 5 Old Broad Street Assurance Society plc) London EC2N 1AD (Beneficial) AXA General Unit Trust 104,500 HSBC Global Custody Nominees HSBC Global Custody (Non-Beneficial) (UK) Ltd as Trustees of the Trust Nominees (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 880866 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 285,000 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme Chase Nominees Ltd Equity Fund Equity Fund a/c 00994 (Non-Beneficial) Trinity Tower 9 St Thomas Moore St London EC1 AXA Ireland Pension Fund 2,800 AXA Ireland Pension Fund Chase Nominees Ltd (Non-Beneficial) a/c 21652 AXA Financial, Inc 20,242,539 Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 5,606,955 AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 257,040 AXA Rosenberg (Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 192,780 AXA Rosenberg (Beneficial) AXA Financial Inc* 329,554 Alliance Capital Management LP (Non-Beneficial) - See note below Holding as % of Issued Capital Total Beneficial Interest 7,992,206 3.64 Total Non-Beneficial Interest 26,849,667 12.23 Total 34,840,873 15.87% * AXA FINANCIAL INCLUDES HOLDINGS FOR ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP Alliance Capital Management LP ('Alliance Capital') is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Alliance Capital provides investment advisory services to corporate employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974('ERISA'), public employee retirement systems, investment companies and separate accounts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, foundations, endowment funds, tax-exempt organizations, and other institutional investors and individuals. Alliance Capital manages investment assets on behalf of its clients which confers upon it, among other things, the right to vote on behalf of its clients. Under the federal securities laws, the right to vote or make investment decisions with respect to a security (even if such rights is constrained by fiduciary duties and does not carry with it any pecuniary interest in the securities) is enough to confer beneficial ownership on the security on a person. Any shares deemed beneficially owned by Alliance Capital were acquired solely for investment purposes in the ordinary course and not for the purpose or intent of influencing control over the issuer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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