Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
12 February 2007



                                                                    
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):


Compass Group Plc

 

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( x )
 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

                                                                           
Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )


.................

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):


Deutsche Bank AG

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Asset Management Investment GmbH

Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Ltd

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc

DWS Investment GmbH

DWS (Austria) Investment GmbH

Tilney Group Ltd

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):


07/02/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:


08/02/2007

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


5%

 

8. Notified details:


.................

 


A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
if possible using the           the Triggering         
ISIN CODE                       transaction (vi)       
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                  
                                                                      
GB0005331532           81,984,278             81,984,278                                              
                                                                      

 

                     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible using                      (ix)                                           
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                     Direct            Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
                     97,226,380        97,226,380   7,974,780     4.78        0.39                                      
    

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

 

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 

                                        
105,201,160                    5.17                    
                                        

 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):


.................

 


Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of the proxy holder:


.................

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


.................

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


.................

 

13. Additional information:


.................

 

14. Contact name:


David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson

 

15. Contact telephone number:


+00 44 207 545 8533/8532 

 

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (XVI)

 

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Deutsche Bank AG

 

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street,
London
EC2N 2DB

 

Phone number:

+00 44 207 545 8000

 

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

Andy Harris

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

 

Full name:

.................

 

Contact address:

.................

 

Phone number:

.................

 

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):

.................

 

C: Additional information :

.................

 



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