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Whitbread PLC 06 May 2004 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company Whitbread PLC 2. Name of director David Thomas, Alan Parker, David Richardson, Bill Shannon, Stewart Miller, Angie Risley 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 a non-beneficial interest Technical interest of the directors named in 2 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) T D Waterhouse Nominees (Europe) Limited 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Purchase of shares for the Whitbread Employees' Share Ownership Plan Trust (the 'Trust') to be used to satisfy future exercises under the Whitbread Long Term Incentive Plan, the Whitbread 2001 Approved Executive Option Scheme, the Whitbread 2001 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme and the Whitbread Annual Bonus Plan 2003/4 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 250,000 8. Percentage of issued class 0.084% 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10. Percentage of issued class N/A 11. Class of security Ordinary shares of 50p each 12. Price per share £7.6564 (average) 13. Date of transaction 5 May 2004 14. Date company informed 6 May 2004 15. Total holding following this notification 1,665,307 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.559% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant N/A 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number N/A 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23. Any additional information The Trust is discretionary and for the benefit of such employees (including the executive directors of Whitbread PLC) and their families as the trustee, Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited may at its discretion determine 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Russell Fairhurst, 0207 806 5422 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Russell Fairhurst, Deputy Company Secretary Date of Notification 6 May 2004 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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