Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
27 October 2005

Letter to Whitbread Plc
Dated 26 October, 2005


Disclosure of Interest In shares


In accordance with Section 198-202 of the UK Companies Act 1985 we are writing
on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to inform you that on the basis that the relevant
issued share capital of your company is 257,726,560 ordinary shares, Deutsche
Bank AG, and its subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 7,767,851
ordinary shares of Whitbread Plc, amounting to 3.01%. Part of this holding may
relate to hedging arrangements for customer transactions.


Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which 
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch.

From Deutsche Bank AG London





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