Senior Executive Share Award

Whitbread PLC
29 April 2008


DATE:   29April 2008

                                 WHITBREAD PLC

                         SENIOR EXECUTIVE SHARE AWARDS

LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Under the terms of the long-term incentive plan of Whitbread PLC, on 28 April
2008 conditional awards at nil cost were made to certain senior executives of
the Company in respect of the 3 year performance period commencing 29 February
2008. The maximum number of Whitbread PLC Ordinary shares which each executive
could potentially receive in respect of this performance period is as follows:-


                                       Number of Shares

Simon Barratt                               12,166
Patrick Dempsey                             14,894
John Derkach                                11,725
Alan Parker                                 67,145
Christopher Rogers                          33,423
Louise Smalley                               9,549


The exercise of the awards is subject to performance conditions.  Half of the
award is subject to a performance condition comparing Whitbread's TSR
performance relative to the other companies within a comparator group over the
performance period.  The other half of the award is subject to a performance
condition based on Whitbread's annual earnings per share growth in excess of RPI
measured over the performance period.


WHITBREAD LEADERSHIP GROUP INCENTIVE SCHEME

Under the terms of Whitbread Leadership Group Incentive Scheme, on 28 April 2008
the following awards of Ordinary shares were made to senior executives of the
Company in respect of the financial year of the Company ended 28 February 2008:-


                                       Number of shares


Simon Barratt                               18,249
Patrick Dempsey                             22,341
John Derkach                                17,588
Alan Parker                                 53,716
Christopher Rogers                          33,423
Louise Smalley                              11,097


Notes
     
•    The numbers of shares have been calculated by dividing such part of the
     executive's bonus as the executive is entitled to receive in Ordinary 
     shares in the capital of Whitbread PLC by the average of the middle-market 
     closing price of the shares during the 5 days preceding 1 March 2008 
     (£12.565).

•    The awards are not subject to any performance conditions.  The awards
     will vest in full subject to the executive remaining an employee of 
     Whitbread until the third anniversary of award date under the rules of the 
     scheme.  The awards will also be released in full if the executive ceases 
     to be employed by Whitbread by reason of redundancy, retirement, death, 
     injury, ill health or disability or the transfer of a business or company 
     in which the executive is employed outside the Whitbread Group.  If the
     executive ceases to be in employment for any other reason, the proportion 
     of award which vests depends upon the date of cessation of employment.


Russell Fairhurst
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel. No. 01582 889345


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