Director/PDMR Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
20 March 2008


20 March 2008

The Restaurant Group plc (the 'Company')

Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc was advised on 20 March 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 1,625,000 shares at a
price of 137.2308p each on 20 March 2008.

The Employee Benefit Trust now has a beneficial interest in 4,125,000 ordinary
shares representing 2.1 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.




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