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Shareholder services

For further information about the Company and its businesses please visit the Whitbread website

Registrars

Capita Registrars, Northern House,
Woodsome Park, Fenay Bridge,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
HD8 0GA.

www.capitaregistrars.com

For enquiries regarding your shareholding please telephone 0844 855 2327, or email whitbread@capitaregistrars.com

You can also view up-to-date information about your holdings by visiting www.whitbread-shares.com

Please ensure that you advise Capita promptly of any change of address.

Scrip dividend scheme

The scheme enables you to increase your shareholding in the Company by electing to receive all dividends in new shares. Full details are available from the registrars at the address given above.

Dividend payment by BACS

We can pay your dividends direct to your bank or building society account using the Bankers' Automated Clearing Service (BACS). This means that your dividend will be in your account on the same day we make the payment. Your tax voucher will be posted to your home address. If you would like to use this method of payment please ring the registrars on 0844 855 2327.

Sharegift

If you have a small number of Whitbread PLC shares, with a value that makes it uneconomical to sell them, you may donate the shares to charity through the Sharegift scheme operated by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation. Further information on Sharegift can be obtained from their website www.sharegift.org or by calling 020 7930 3737.

Capital gains tax

Market values of shares in the Company as at 31 March 1982 were as follows:

'A' limited voting shares of 25p each 103.75p
'B' limited shares of 25p each 103.75p

Whitbread has had discussions with the Inland Revenue (now HMRC) concerning the capital gains tax cost of Whitbread shares following the reduction of capital on 10 May 2001. It is confirmed that the market value of each Whitbread share on 10 May 2001 for these purposes was 606.5p and the market value of each Fairbar share was 230p.

For the purposes of calculating UK tax on chargeable gains which may arise on a disposal of shares in the Company, subsequent alterations to the Company's capital should be taken into account. In particular, the special dividend and share consolidation in May 2005, the share consolidation and B share issue effected in June 2006 and the share consolidation and C share issue in January 2007 should be considered in accordance with the information provided in the related shareholder circulars. Further information on capital gains tax allocations in relation to the B and C share issues can be found in the investors/private shareholders section of the Company's website www.whitbread.co.uk

Unsolicited mail

We are aware that some shareholders have had occasion to complain of the use, by outside organisations, of information obtained from Whitbread's share register. Whitbread, like other companies, cannot by law refuse to supply such information provided that the organisation concerned pays the appropriate statutory fee.

If you are a resident in the UK and wish to stop receiving unsolicited mail then you should register with the Mailing Preference Service, telephone: 020 7291 3310 or you may prefer to write to: The Mailing Preference Service Freepost 22, London W1E 7EZ.

General Counsel and Company Secretary
Simon Barratt

Registered Office
Whitbread PLC
Whitbread Court
Houghton Hall Business Park
Porz Avenue
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 5XE
Shareholder enquiries:
0844 855 2327

Share dealing service

Capita Share Dealing Services
Tel: 0871 664 0446
www.capitadeal.com

These details have been provided for information only and any action you take is at your own risk. If you are in any doubt about what action to take, please consult your own financial adviser. Should you not wish to use these services you could find a broker in your local area, on the internet or enquire about share dealing at any high street bank or building society. The availability of this service should not be taken as a recommendation to deal.