Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Whitbread PLC
9 June 2000


Under the terms of the Long Term Incentive Plan ('the Plan') of Whitbread PLC
('the company'), conditional awards at nil cost were made on 8 June 2000 to
executive directors of the company in respect of the 3 year performance period
ending 28th February 2003 ('the 2000 - 2003 Performance Period'). The range of
ordinary shares which each executive director could potentially receive in
respect of this Performance Period is as follows:-

Name of Director                  No. of shares

D M Thomas                        zero to 47,067
A S Perelman                      zero to 29,860
D H Richardson                    zero to 20,245
W M F C Shannon                   zero to 29,481
A C Parker                        zero to 19,738
S Miller                          zero to 19,654

The number of shares, if any, the executive directors will actually receive at
the end of this Performance Period depends upon the company's total shareholder
return ('TSR') relative to other companies within a comparator group over this
period.

Enquiries:  Simon C Barratt
            Company Secretary
            020 7606 4455 EXTN: 2313