Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
20 June 2007



Letter To Whitbread PLC dated 18 June 2007

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS) IN SHARES

WHITBREAD PLC

This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment 
Managers UK Ltd.

We are writing on behalf of AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its 
Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares.

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice 
relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 17/06/07, 
is as per the attached Appendix.

From AXA Investment Managers






TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
voting rights are attached:

WHITBREAD PLC

2. Reason for notification 
(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the 
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:  (  )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (  )

Other (please specify) :                                                   (  )


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

AXA S.A. 25 AVENUE MATIGNON, 75008 PARIS AND ITS GROUP OF COMPANIES

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached 
if different):

17/06/07

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18/06/07

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
 
Class/type of shares              Situation previous to  
if possible use                 the Triggering transaction                
ISIN CODE                       
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 

B1KJJ40                12,320,649             12,320,649

 

                            Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Class/type of shares   Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible use                                                                 
ISIN CODE                                Direct     Indirect        Direct    Indirect  
                       5,915,031         5,915,031  6,250,559       3.00      3.17

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of     Expiration date  Exercise/conversion  No. of voting     % of voting     
financial                    period/date          rights that may   rights          
instrument                                        be acquired (if                       
                                                  the instrument                         
                                                  exercised/
                                                  converted)                           

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 
12,185,590                    6.17%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


 


Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of proxy holder:


 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 

13. Additional information:


 

14. Contact name:

TERRY MARSH
 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637


For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.



Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer


 
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares 
 

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
 

Full name (including legal form of legal entities):

 

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

 

Phone number & email:

 

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

 

Full name:

 

Contact address:

 

Phone number & email:

 

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):

 

C: Additional information :

 




Name of the Company/Fund         Number of Shares     % of issued share capital
AXA Ireland Pension Fund              1,953                  0.00090
     Indirect     
AXA Sun Life plc                    273,300                  0.13858
(fmly Axa Equity & Law Life 
Assurance Society plc)
     Direct     
AXA Rosenberg                       214,537                  0.10878
     Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X    26,041                  0.01320
      Direct               
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X   248,054                  0.12578
     Direct     
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X   402,356                  0.20402
     Direct    
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC            15,405                  0.00781
Global Distribution Fund
     Indirect          
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC           142,771                  0.07239
Distribution Fund
     Indirect     
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC            50,000                  O.02535
Ethical Fund
     Indirect          
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC             2.000                  0.00101
Extra Income Fund
     Indirect     
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC            62,000                  0.03144
UK Growth Fund
     Indirect               
PPP Healthcare Group plc             38,100                  0.01932
     Direct     
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd     35,000                  0.01775
     Direct     
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd     99,273                  0.05034     
     Direct    
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c 180,343                 0.09144
     Direct     
Sun Life Assurance Society Plc      108,000                  0.05476   
     Direct          
AXA Rosenberg                       159,922                  0.08109
     Direct         
AXA Insurance UK                    142,500                  0.07225
     Direct         
AXA UK Group Pension Scheme         223,000                  0.11307
     Indirect                 
AXA General Unit Trust              130,000                  0.06592
     Indirect     
AXA Financial Inc                   386,549                  0.19600
     Indirect                
AXA Colonia Konzern                 278,358                  0.14114
     Direct          
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd    189,893                  0.09629
     Direct          
AXA France                          150,000                  0.07606
     Indirect          
AXA Rosenberg                     4,842,620                  2.45546
     Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc*                 244,261                  0.12385
     Indirect     
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd      1,818                  0.00092
     Direct     
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd     15,867                  0.00805
     Direct     
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd          48,482                  0.02458
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct   
Sun Life Life Assurance Ltd          35,448                  0.01797
FTSE All Share Tracker
     Direct          
Sun Life Pensions Management        253,663                  0.12862
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct        
Sun Life Pensions Management        180,720                  0.09163
FTSE All Share Tracker
AXA Winterthur                    1,446,788                  0.73360
    Direct     
ASL With Profit Transition Fund     844,039                  0.42797     
    Direct
SLAS With Profit Transition         692,531                  0.35115
Direct
    Total Direct                  5,915,031                  2.99923
  Total Indirect                  6,250,559                  3.16936     

           TOTAL                 12,165,590                  6.16859



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