Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
27 February 2007




TR-1(i):        NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Whitbread Plc
 

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               (   )


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

                                                                          
Other (please specify): Exiting Positions requiring disclosure under       ( X )
the new Disclosure and Transparency Rules


 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Deutsche Bank AG


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):

N/A



6. Date on which issuer notified:

26/02/2007
 


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%
 


8. Notified details:




A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
                                the Triggering
if possible using the           transaction (vi)         
ISIN CODE                              

                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                                                                    

GB00B1KJJ408           N/A                    N/A





Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
                                       (ix) 
if possible using                                                                
the ISIN CODE           

                     Direct       Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect

                     7,459,066    7,459,066                  3.79%
                                                                                      


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

Total (A+B)

Number of voting     % of voting rights 
rights                                  
                                        
7,459,066            3.79%                            


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):




 

Proxy Voting:
 

10. Name of the proxy holder:


 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 

13. Additional information:

Please note that this is the first disclosure made on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG
and its subsidiary companies in relation to holdings in Whitbread Plc since the 
implementation of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in the UK.


14. Contact name:

David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson

 

15. Contact telephone number:

+00 44 207 545 8533/8532
 





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