Director/PDMR Shareholding

Whitbread PLC
27 April 2007


DATE:  27 April 2007


                                 WHITBREAD PLC

                         SENIOR EXECUTIVE SHARE AWARDS

LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN


Under the terms of the Long Term Incentive Plan of Whitbread PLC, conditional
awards at nil cost were made to certain senior executives of the Company in
respect of the 3-year performance period 1 March 2007 to 28 February 2010.  The
maximum number of Whitbread PLC 76 122/153p Ordinary Shares, which each
executive could potentially receive in respect of this performance period is as
follows:


                               Number of Shares

Simon Barratt                          16,494
Patrick Dempsey                        20,193
John Derkach                           10,605
Alan Parker                            47,127
Mark Phillips                          17,087
Christopher Rogers                     29,454
Mike Tye                                9,362


The exercise of half of each of the awards is subject to performance criteria
based on Whitbread's TSR performance relative to the other companies within a
comparator group over the performance period and the exercise of the other half
of each award is subject to performance criteria based on Whitbread's EPS growth
over the performance period.



The awards were based on a share price of £16.712, being the average of the
mid-market closing price of the Company's shares for the five dealing days
preceding 1 March 2007.


WHITBREAD LEADERSHIP GROUP INCENTIVE SCHEME


Under the terms of the Whitbread Leadership Group Incentive Scheme, the
following awards of shares were made to senior executives of the Company in
respect of the financial year of the Company ended 1 March 2007:


                               Number of Shares

Simon Barratt                          13,195
Patrick Dempsey                        16,154
John Derkach                            8,484
Alan Parker                            37,701
Mark Phillips                          13,669
Christopher Rogers                     23,563
Mike Tye                                7,489


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 of
76 122/153p each in the capital of Whitbread PLC by the average of the
middle-market closing price of the shares during the five dealing days preceding
1 March 2007 (£16.712)


*        The awards made under the Whitbread Leadership Group Incentive Scheme
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 the 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 business or company in which the executive is employed outside of
the Whitbread Group.  If the executive ceases to be in employment for any other
reason, the proportion of the award which vests depends on the date of cessation
of employment.


Daren Lowry

Assistant Company Secretary

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