Holding(s) in Company

Whitbread PLC
05 December 2006

Letter to: Whitbread Plc
Dated: 29th November 2006

Section 198 Companies Act 1985

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 we write to inform you that as
at the close of its business on 28th November 2006, UBS AG, acting through its
business group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 8,825,136
Ordinary shares of Whitbread Plc representing 4.02 per cent of the issued share
capital of the Company (219,492,327).

2,000,000 of the Relevant Shares are shares in which UBS AG is interested by
virtue of Section 208(5) of The Act.

UBS business group / legal entity                 Breakdown of position held (%)

UBS AG London Branch                              4,001,328            1.82%
                                                    shares 

UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited           351,548             0.16%
                                                    shares

UBS AG (Switzerland)                              4,472,258            2.04%
                                                    Shares          

UBS Financial Services Inc.                           2                0.00%
                                                    Shares     

UBS AG - Total                                    8,825,136            4.02%
                                                    shares

From: UBS AG



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