Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
4 July 2003

Disclosure of Interest in shares

Consequent upon a sale in the market of 94,594 shares on the 01 July 2003, Legal
& General Group Plc are now the beneficial owners of the following number of
shares which are not subject to a concert party and will be registered as
follows:
 
Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945        109,262
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363        132,680
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 886603       1,650,692
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245       1,386,783
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007          79,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206       6,758,248
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203         407,500
HSBC Global Cusiody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332          24,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 916681          15,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 922437             900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203         300,007
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602           4,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 282605         548,946
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 360509         323,735
HSBC Global Custody Nominees(UK) Ltd A/c 766793          18,603
HSBC Global Custody Nominees UK) Ltd A/c 922437           8,624
 
                                                     11,770.080    3.97%
 
Please not that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 296,337,471, which is the figure quoted by Exshare.



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