Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
30 June 2006


Letter to: Whitbread PLC
Dated: 29 June, 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               77,474
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775237              103,480
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942199              522,355
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229              516,841
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217              522,955
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942205              492,345
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942175              519,973
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187              520,821
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245              635,173 
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286              193,250
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206            5,242,794
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203              412,287
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332               43,512
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 916681               11,292
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 969995              511,475
Citibank, Ldn A/c 6011467727                                   1,092
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602               28,968
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605            1,309,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509              338,447
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793              235,002
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 924422              249,377

                                                          12,488,513  5.68%


We currently have a notifiable interest in 12,488,513 GBP 0.6862745 shares which
we understand represents 5.68% of that class of your share capital calculated on
an issued share capital of 219,492,327 GBP 0.6862745 shares.


From: Legal & General Investment Management Limited
                                              

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