Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
03 November 2006


     
Letter to Whitbread
Dated 2 November 2006

Section 198 Notification

We write as required by section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (the'Act') to
give notice that Credit Agricole Group have an interest in the Company's
voting shares stated below as of 1st November 2006, such shares being equal
to or more than 3% of the nominal value of the Company's voting share capital.

Description of                       No of shares       No of shares
   interest         ISIN/SEDOL         in issue             held       %

Ordinary Shares     GB00B15F1S11      219,492,320        19,889,425   9.06

These shares are or will be registered in the name of:

                                                                        No. of
                                                                        Shares

Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited                     19,436,502
CPR Asset Management                                                   280,794
Credit Agricole Asset Management                                       124,531
GPI                                                                     35,456
LCL                                                                      4,523
PREDICA                                                                  4,523
Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank                                     3,096

By virtue of section 203 of the Act, the following companies also have an 
interest in these shares.


•     Credit Agricole SA
•     Credit Agricole Asset Management Group
•     Calyon SA
•     Credit Agricole Cheureux SA
•     SAS Rule La Boetie

Letter from:  Credit Agricole Group




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