Transaction in Own Shares

Whitbread PLC
08 February 2008


The Transaction in Own Shares announcement for Whitbread PLC released today at 
17:30 under RNS No 6794N has been re-released to facilitate onward 
transmission by third party vendors.

The announcement is unchanged and is reproduced in full below.




                                 Whitbread PLC

                             Purchase of Own Shares

Whitbread PLC announces that on 08 February 2008 it purchased 200,000 of its 76
122/153p ordinary shares at a price of 1248.97p per share. Whitbread PLC
purchased these shares via Hoare Govett Limited's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.,
London Branch.

The shares purchased will be held as treasury shares. Following the above
purchase, Whitbread PLC holds 17,083,806 shares in treasury.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is
176,705,756.




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