Director Shareholding

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
08 December 2003

8 December 2003


                              Directors' Interests

Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, as Trustees of the Company's Employee Benefits
Trust, bought 821,999 Mitchells & Butlers Ordinary 7 1/12p shares on 5 December
2003 at 229.4176p per ordinary share.

These being the first shares bought for the Employee Benefits Trust, the balance
held by the Trust is 821,999 shares.

The Executive Directors of the Company, M.Bramley, T.Clarke, A.Hughes and
K.Naffah, as potential beneficiaries under the Trust, are deemed to be
interested in the above purchase.


M J N Bridge
Deputy Secretary
0121 498 4526


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