Director/PDMR Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
01 May 2008


1 May 2008
The Restaurant Group plc (the 'Company')

Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc was advised on 1 May 2008 by the trustees of The
Restaurant Group Employee Benefit Trust (the potential beneficiaries of the
trust being certain of the employees of The Restaurant Group plc including
directors and PDMRs of the Company) of the acquisition of 500,000 shares at a
price of 142.73025p each on 1 May 2008.

The Employee Benefit Trust now has a beneficial interest in 4,625,000 ordinary
shares representing 2.4 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.



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