Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
10 March 2005



To Whitbread Plc
Dated 9 March, 2005


Disclosure or 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                104,362
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363                170,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775237                 54,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942199                604,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229                350,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217                415,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) ltd A/c 942205                400,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175                352,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187                480,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245              1,201,363
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007                110,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286                190,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206              7,601,882       
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203                422,500   
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Lid A/c 904332                 59,200    
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 916681                 15,500      
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 922437                  1,500 
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 754612                779,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602                 15,000   
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605              1,000,000        
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                435,035              
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793                106,100              
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 824434                 31,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 924422                127,200
 
                                                            15,025,142     5.02%


We currently have a notifiable interest in 15,025,142 ordinary shares which we 
understand represents 5.02% of that class of your share capital calculated on an 
issued share capital of 299,270,011 ordinary shares.


From Legal & General Investment Management






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