Notice of General Meeting

Whitbread PLC

(The "Company")

Notice of General Meeting

1 June 2018

Whitbread PLC has today published a circular containing Notice of a General Meeting that will be held immediately after the Company's Annual General Meeting to consider a revised Directors' Remuneration Policy and adoption of a new Performance Share Plan. This follows the Company's announcement on 25 April 2018 of its intention to pursue a demerger of Costa.

The shareholder circular and various documents referred to in it have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

These documents can also be downloaded from the Company's website at www.whitbread.co.uk.

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at Church House Conference Centre, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ on Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 2.00 pm.

Enquiries:

Daren Lowry, Director of Secretariat and InsuranceTel: 01582 889346