Director Shareholding

Whitbread PLC
6 June 2005


                               SCHEDULE 11

        NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 

     
1.   Name of company

     Whitbread PLC
 

2.   Name of director

     Alan Parker, Christopher Rogers, Stewart Miller, Angie Risley
 

3.   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a 
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in 
     respect of a non-beneficial interest

     Technical interest of the directors named in 2 above
 

4.   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number 
     of shares held by each of them (if notified)

     T D Waterhouse Nominees (Europe) Limited
 

5.   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the 
     director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

     N/A
 

6.   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please 
     indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/
     non discretionary

     To satisfy the release of shares to one participant under The Whitbread 
     Executive Share Option Scheme
 

7.   Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

     0
 

8.   Percentage of issued class

     0
 

9.   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     1,358
 

10.  Percentage of issued class

     Insignificant
 

11.  Class of security

     Ordinary shares of 58.33p each
 

12.  Price per share

     Nil
 

13.  Date of transaction

     2nd June 2005
 

14.  Date company informed

     3rd June 2005
 

15.  Total holding following this notification

     1,378,612
 

16.  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     0.5371%
 

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the 
following boxes.

 

17.  Date of grant

     N/A
 

18.  Period during which or date on which exercisable

     N/A
 

19.  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

     N/A
 

20.  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

     N/A
 

21.  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to 
     be fixed at time of exercise

     N/A
 

22.  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this 
     notification

     N/A
 

23.  Any additional information

     The Trust is discretionary and for the benefit of such employees (including 
     the executive directors of Whitbread PLC) and their families as the 
     trustee, Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited may at its discretion determine
 

24.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Stuart Weeks, 01582 396 358
 

25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making 
     this notification

     Stuart Weeks, Company Secretarial Assistant
 

Date of Notification

6th June 2005
 

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