Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2286A

Compass Group PLC

27 January 2011

 



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:

    Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

    Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

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

     Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

     Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

25/01/2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27/01/2011

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

Group (Below 5%)

LGIM (Below 5%)

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
Ordinary 10p	106,064,821 (As on 18/12/2009)	106,064,821

	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
Ordinary 10p		Below 5%

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 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+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	Below 5%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) ( Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  ( Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 76,705,765 - 4.05%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (59,079,415 - 3.12%= PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC) (59,079,415 - 3.12%= PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

  N/A

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

     N/A

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

  N/A

13. Additional information:

  Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,890,251,525.

14. Contact name:

Mark White

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Compass Group PLC

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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