Whitbread Regulatory News (WTB)

27 February 2017

WHITBREAD PLC

DIRECTORSHIP HELD BY A DIRECTOR

IN ANOTHER PUBLICLY QUOTED COMPANY

Sir Ian Cheshire, Senior Independent Director of Whitbread PLC, was today appointed as a non-executive director of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC with effect from 3 April 2017. He was also appointed Chairman-designate of Barclays' ring-fenced bank, Barclays UK, which is in the process of being established.

This announcement is made in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14(2).

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Notes to Editors

Whitbread PLC is the owner of the UK's favourite hotel chain, Premier Inn and the UK's favourite coffee shop, Costa, as well as restaurant brands, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns.

Whitbread PLC employs 50,000 people in over 2,300* outlets across the UK, with its well-loved brands making every day experiences special for over 27 million UK customers every month.

Whitbread has outlined growth milestones for 2018 and 2020. The 2020 milestones are to increase the number of Premier Inn UK rooms to around 85,000 and to achieve global system sales of around £2.5bn for Costa.

At Whitbread we are committed to being a force for good in the communities in which we operate. Our CR programme, 'Good Together' is focused on three pillars of Team & Communities, Customer Wellbeing and Energy & Environment.

In the year ended 3 March 2016, Whitbread PLC reported a 12.0% increase in Group Revenue to £2,921.8 million and Underlying Profit before tax of £546.3 million up 11.9%.

Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.

*excludes Costa Franchise stores and Costa Express

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