Director/PDMR Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
03 December 2007


The Restaurant Group PLC
03 December 2007



                            The Restaurant Group plc

                                 (the'Company')


Notification of Interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility ('PDMR') and connected persons


The Company announces the following changes to the interests of Directors and
PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 28.125p each ('Shares').


The Company was advised on 3 December 2007 that Alan Jackson has today acquired
10,000 shares in the Company at a price of 189p.


In addition, the Company has been advised that on 3 December 2007 certain
Directors and PDMRs have today exercised options held under the 2003 SAYE scheme
at 79.0p per share, as set out below. None of the shares exercised have been
sold and the resultant number of shares held by the Directors is set out below:

Name            Number of options exercised     Resultant number of shares held
Directors
Alan Jackson                           11,993                          400,191
Andrew Page                            11,993                          270,166
Kevin Bacon                            11,993                          125,133
Trish Corzine                          11,993                          100,423

PDMRs
Robert Morgan                           7,196                           42,906
Danny
Breithaupt                              4,797                           21,139
Angelo
Gabrilatsou                            11,993                           42,973


Following the exercise of options, Danny Breithaupt transferred the shares to
his wife.


Enquiries


The Restaurant Group plc, Tel.: [phone]

Robert Morgan, Company Secretary




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