Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
3 June 2005


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     COMPASS GROUP PLC  

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     SEE LETTER BELOW

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

      SEE LETTER BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should
     not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should
     not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

     N/A

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     ON OR BEFORE 3 JUNE 2005

11)  Date company informed

     3 JUNE 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

      86,127,485
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any 
     treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when 
     calculating percentage)

     3.996%

14)  Any additional information

     SEE LETTER BELOW

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     ANDREW V DERHAM
     TEL:  [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ....3 JUNE 2005............


Letter to Compass Group PLC
Dated 03 June 2005


Compass Group Plc

NOTIFICATION UNDER PART VI OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED BY THE
COMPANIES ACT 1989)

This notification is made on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group Plc and its
subsidiaries.

We refer to our previous notification. Certain of the particulars contained
within it have changed. This notification contains the revised particulars and
therefore supersedes our earlier notification.

I write to advise you that Lloyds TSB Group Plc, is interested in 86,127,485
shares, which we understand represents 3.996% of the relevant share capital,
and constitutes a notifiable interest for the purpose of part VI of the
Companies Act 1985. This is calculated on an issued share capital of
2,155,572,024 shares.

Subsidiary                                    Shares                 Percentage

Lloyds TSB Jersey Offshore                  1,380,093                 0.064%
Lloyds TSB Private Banking                 17,143,177                 0.795%
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership     67,604,215                 3.136%


Letter from Matthew Shircore
            Central Disclosure Unit
            Tel: [phone]
            Lloyds TSB Group Plc


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