Whitbread PLC — Report Publication Announcement 2011

May 9, 2011

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WHITBREAD

You have elected to receive the Annual Report and Accounts of Whitbread PLC (the "Company"), Notices of Meetings and other documents electronically from the Company's website. Should you wish to revert to receiving paper copies of documents, you can request this by contacting our registrars, Capita Registrars, by telephone on 0844 855 2327, or online at www.whitbread-shares.com. You can also register to receive notifications such as this by email in future. This letter introduces, but is not a summary of, the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 or the Notice of Annual General Meeting and should not be regarded as a substitute for reading the Annual Report, Notice or accompanying documents. The Notice of the Annual General Meeting and accompanying documents should be read before taking a decision on the proposals contained therein.

9 May 2011

Dear Shareholder,

This letter is to notify you that the Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 and the Notice of Annual General Meeting are now available at www.whitbread.co.uk. By visiting the website you will be able to access these documents. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for agreeing to receive these documents via the website. This not only saves money for your Company, but also has a positive impact on the environment.

The AGM of the Company will be held at 2.00pm on Tuesday 21 June 2011 at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE. The meeting will be followed by afternoon tea and an opportunity to meet your Board, as well as other senior executives of the Company. Please note that, like last year, all voting will be by poll using electronic handsets at this year's AGM.

If you are not attending the AGM and wish to vote, you can appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote at the meeting according to your instructions. Your proxy or proxies could be the chairman of the meeting or someone you know personally who has agreed to attend and represent you. Enclosed with this letter you will find a personalised Form of Proxy for the 2011 AGM. The Form of Proxy must reach the Company's registrars not later than 2.00pm on Friday 17 June 2011 or, in the case that the meeting is adjourned, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the adjourned meeting (excluding non-working days). You can also submit your proxy or proxies via the Internet by accessing the share portal at www.whitbread-shares.com. If you wish to appoint your proxy or proxies via the CREST system, CREST messages must be received by our agent (ID number RA10) not later than 2.00pm on Friday 17 June 2011 or, in the case that the meeting is adjourned, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the adjourned meeting (excluding non-working days).

If you are a qualifying shareholder (i.e. you hold at least 64 Whitbread shares), you can request a set of shareholder offer vouchers by calling our registrars, Capita Registrars, on 0844 855 2327, or by emailing whitbread@capitaregistrars.com. I would like to emphasise that it is not because you are receiving documentation electronically that you have not received these vouchers. Those shareholders that requested a hard copy of the Annual Report and AGM Notice will need to request vouchers in the same way.

I look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Yours sincerely

Anthony Habgood
Chairman

Whitbread PLC
Whitbread Court
Houghton Hall Business Park
Porz Avenue
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LUS 5XE

Registered in England and Wales No. 4120344
Registered office: Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LUS 5XE