Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1369R

Compass Group PLC

24 April 2009

 



Compass Group PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Compass Group PLC

2. Reason for the notification 

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

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 notification obligation:

Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC

Credit Suisse International 

Credit Suisse Investment Banking Division

Clariden Leu

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

……………..

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

22/04/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24/04/2009

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

3%

  8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0005331532	Below 3%	Below 3%

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares  if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0005331532	56,370,485	56,370,485	n/a	3.05%	n/a

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
56,370,485	3.05%

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

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited is a part of the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse ('CSIBD'), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ('CSG'). CSIBD is a segregated business unit within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divsions of CSG

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Mark White

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Compass Group PLC

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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