Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
20 April 2005

Letter To: Whitbread Plc
Dated: 19 April, 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                109,762
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363                370,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775237                108,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942199                700,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229                680,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217                689,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) ltd A/c 942205                700,000 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175                694,300 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187                743,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245              1,171,199
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007                148,300
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286                271,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206              7,624,929       
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203                424,500   
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 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 Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612              1,381,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602                 33,000   
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605              1,757,000        
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                443,435              
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793                169,100              
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 824434                 71,300
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 924422                223,200
 
                                                            18,589,225     6.21%


We currently have a notifiable interest in 18,589,225 ordinary shares which we 
understand represents 6.21% of that class of your share capital calculated on an 
issued share capital of 299,326,604 shares.


From: Legal & General Investment Management


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