Director Shareholding

Whitbread PLC 17 December 2002 DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS 1) NAME OF COMPANY WHITBREAD PLC REGISTERED NO. 4120344 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR DAVID MALCOLM THOMAS 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest AS ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) AS ABOVE 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) DIRECTOR'S OWN INTEREST 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION AND SALE OF SHARES 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 21,800 8) Percentage of issued Class INSIGNIFICANT 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 21,800 10) Percentage of issued Class INSIGNIFICANT 11) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 50P 12) Price per share OPTION PRICE £4.5680 SALE PRICE £5.6050 13) Date of transaction 16.12.02 14) Date company informed 16.12.02 15) Total holding following this notification 61,504 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification INSIGNIFICANT IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries LIZ THORPE 01582 396097 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 17.12.02 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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