Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
20 September 2005



LETTER TO:  RNS
     
Interest in Shares

Compass Group PLC ('the Company') advises that it has today received from Lloyds
TSB Group Plc ('Lloyds') notification that as at 19 September 2005 Lloyds no
longer had a notifiable interest in the Company's Shares.

Andrew V Derham
Deputy Company Secretary

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