Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
18 October 2006



NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES
ACT 1985 ('THE ACT')

WHITBREAD

This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment 
Managers UK Ltd.

We are writing on behalf of AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its 
Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares.

AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 35,376,952 Ord in the 219,492,327 
share capital immediately after the time when the obligation of disclosure arose 
pursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares are represented by a beneficial 
interest of 8,137,045 shares (3.71%), and a non-beneficial interest of 
27,239,907 shares (12.41%).

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice 
relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 16/10/06, 
is as per the Appendix below.

This notification of change is due to a decrease in the total holding from 
17.17% to 16.12%




                     DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF 
        APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985
                              WHITBREAD    Ord

Total number of shares held as at 16/10/06 was 35,376,952 the breakdown of which 
is set out below:

 
Name of the              Number of   Particulars of            Registered as
Company/ Fund               Shares   Beneficial owners


AXA UK Investment Co       159,768   Trustees of AXA UK        HSBC Global Custody 
ICVC Distribution Fund               Investment Co ICVC        Nominee (UK) Limited
(Non-Beneficial)                     Distribution Fund         a/c 845029

 
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC  250,000   Trustees of AXA UK        HSBC Global Custody 
UK Growth Fund                       Investment Co ICVC        Nominee (UK) Limited
(Non-Beneficial)                     UK Growth Fund            a/c 845005


PPP Healthcare Group plc    56,968   Guardian Royal Exchange   Chase Nominees Ltd
(Non-Beneficial)                     plc and Subs. Cos         a/c 13067

 
Sun Life Nominees Ltd       16,376   Trustees of the Cobham    HSBC Global Custody 
A/c 29                               Pension Plan              Nominee (UK) Limited
(Non-Beneficial)                     Wimborne                  a/c 777167
                                     Dorset
                                     DH21 2BH 


Sun Life Pensions           51,000   Sun Life Pensions         HSBC Global Custody 
Management Ltd                       Management Ltd            Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c ?


Sun Life Pensions          220,700   Sun Life Pensions         HSBC Global Custody 
Management Ltd                       Management Ltd            Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867815


Sun Life Pensions        1,096,628   Sun Life Pensions         HSBC Global Custody 
Management Ltd A/c X                 Management Ltd            Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867396


Sun Life Pensions          201,813   Sun Life Pensions         HSBC Global Custody 
Management Ltd A/c X                 Management Ltd            Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867530


Sun Life Pensions        2,172,087   Sun Life Pensions         HSBC Global Custody 
Management Ltd A/c X                 Management Ltd            a/c 867372
(Beneficial)                                                   


Sun Life Assurance         935,000   Sun Life Assurance        HSBC Global Custody 
Society plc                          Society plc               Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 776934


Sun Life Unit Assurance    450,256   Sun Life Unit Assurance   HSBC Global Custody 
Ltd A/c X (Beneficial)               Ltd                       a/c 867116
                                                              

Sun Life Unit Assurance     29,142   Sun Life Unit Assurance   HSBC Global Custody 
Ltd A/c X                            Ltd                       Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867220


Sun Life Unit Assurance    277,585   Sun Life Unit Assurance   HSBC Global Custody 
Ltd A/c X                            Ltd                       Nominee (UK) Limited
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867268


Sun Life Unit Assurance    306,000   Sun Life Unit Assurance   HSBC Global Custody 
Ltd A/c X                            Ltd                       Nominee (UK) Ltd
(Beneficial)                                                   a/c 867050


Sun Life Pensions            8,592   Sun Life Pensions         BNY (OCS) Nominees 
Management Ltd                       Management Ltd            Limited
(Beneficial)                                              


Sun Life International     212,500   Sun Life International    Sun Life International
(IOM) Ltd (Beneficial)               (IOM) Ltd                 a/c SLI 11
 

AXA France                   3,856   (Registration details 
(Non-Beneficial)                      available upon request)

 
AXA Royale Beige                 4   (Registration details
(Non-Beneficial)                     available upon request) 

 
AXA Colonia Konzern        181,160   (Registration details
(Beneficial)                         available upon request)

 
AXA Insurance UK           227,262   AXA Free                  Chase Nominees Ltd 
(Beneficial)                                                   A/C BTO1C


AXA Sun Life plc         1,317,500   AXA Sun Life plc          AXA Sun Life plc            
(fmly Axa Equity & Law 
Life Assurance 
Society plc) 
(Beneficial)              
 

AXA General Unit Trust     104,500   HSBC Global Custody       HSBC Global Custody 
(Non-Beneficial)                     Nominee (UK) Ltd          Nominee (UK) Ltd
                                     as Trustees of            a/c 880868
                                     the Trust


AXA UK Group Pension       285,000   AXA UK Group Pension      Chase Nominees Ltd
Scheme Equity Fund                   Scheme Equity Fund        a/c 00994
(Non-Beneficial)          


AXA Ireland Pension Fund     2,800   AXA Ireland Pension       Chase Nominees Ltd           
(Non-Beneficial)                     Fund                      a/c 21652


AXA Financial, Inc      20,293,052   Bernstein
(Non-Beneficial)
 

AXA Rosenberg            5,715,629   AXA Rosenberg
(Non-Beneficial)         

 
AXA Rosenberg              257,040   AXA Rosenberg
(Beneficial)             


AXA Rosenberg              192,780   AXA Rosenberg
(Beneficial)             


AXA Financial Inc*         351,954  Alliance Capital Management LP 
(Non - Beneficial)                  - See note below


                                    Holding as % of issued Capital


Total Beneficial         8,137,045         3.71
Interest                 
 
 
Total Non-Beneficial 
Interest                27,239,907        12.41
 
               Total    35,376,952        16.12%
 


* AXA FINANCIAL INCLUDES HOLDINGS FOR ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
Alliance Capital Management LP ('Alliance Capital') is an investment advisor 
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Alliance Capital provides 
investment advisory services to corporate employee benefit plans subject to the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974('ERISA'), public employee 
retirement systems, investment companies and separate accounts registered under 
the Investment Company Act of 1940, foundations, endowment funds, tax-exempt 
organizations, and other institutional investors and individuals. Alliance 
Capital manages investment assets on behalf of its clients which confers upon it, 
among other things, the right to vote on behalf of its clients. Under the 
federal securities laws, the right to vote or make investment decisions with 
respect to a security (even if such rights is constrained by fiduciary duties 
and does not carry with it any pecuniary interest in the securities) is enough 
to confer beneficial ownership on the security on a person. Any shares deemed 
beneficially owned by Alliance Capital were acquired solely for investment 
purposes in the ordinary course and not for the purpose or intent of influencing 
control over the issuer.



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