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Alliance Capital Management L.P.16 March 2005 FORM SAR 5 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are being sold. Date of disclosure 16/03/2005............................................. DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIALACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of sale 15/03/2005............................................. Sale of (name of company) Whitbread PLC.............................. 1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares) Ordinary............................................. Number of shares/rights over shares sold 26,800...Shares........................Rights If rights over shares sold, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify natureof rights ............................................................... 2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) 43,858,285. 14.84% Resultant total holding of rights over shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) .......... ..........% Total percentage 14.84% 3. Party making disclosure Alliance Capital Management LP.......................................... 4. (a) Name of person selling shares or rights over shares Alliance Capital Management LP.......................................... and, if different, beneficial owner ............................................................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding ............................................................... Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above ................................................................ (Also print name of signatory) Mark Manley............................................. Telephone and extension number 001 212 969 1000.......................................... Note. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights overshares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issueoutside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Whitbread