Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
14 December 2004

Letter to: Whitbread Plc

Dated: 10 December 2004

Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198

Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your 
company:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945                    104,362
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363                     95,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775237                     29,055
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942199                    198,143
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229                    198,143
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217                    234,503
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942205                    225,657
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942175                    199,372
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187                    271,864
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245                  1,201,363
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007                     61,254
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286                    106,553
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206                  7,640,250
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203                    422,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332                     41,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 916681                    15,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 922437                       900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612                    397,201
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602                      9,984
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605                    581,421
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                    422,635
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793                     27,510
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 824434                     14,641
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 924422                     61,254
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                                                                12,560,165 4.21%
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We currently have a notifiable interest in 12,560,165 ordinary shares which
we understand represents 4.21% of that class of your share capital calculated
on an issued share capital of 298,308,020 ordinary shares.

Contact:
Helen Lewis
020 7528 6742

Letter from: 
Helen Tasker
Legal & General Investment Management Limited


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