Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
27 October 2005

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

COMPASS GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC AND ITS AFFILIATES

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

N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class

N/A

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

ON OR BEFORE 26 OCTOBER 2005

11)  Date company informed

27 OCTOBER 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

312,019,873
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.47%

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 .......  27 OCTOBER 2005 ................


Letter to Compass Group PLC dated 26 October 2005

S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interests

We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, which 
include Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its 
affiliates. Franklin Resources, Inc., a diversified financial services company, 
and its affiliates perform investment management, advisory and related services 
for clients on a global basis.

We wish to advise you of interests in the share capital of your Company under 
management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf of clients, 
as detailed in the attached schedule.

From Franklin Resources Inc
 
                                    SCHEDULE 
                               COMPASS GROUP PLC

                                            Outstanding Shares     2,155,661,135


Registered Holder                                  No. of Shares     % of Class

Bank of New York, London                             5,323,401         0.2469%

Citibank Nominees Ltd.                               6,220,370         0.2886%

Clydesdale Bank PLC                                  1,792,220         0.0831%

Euroclear Bank SA                                       87,910         0.0041%

HSBC                                                 4,435,135         0.2057%

JP Morgan/Chase Nominees Ltd                       210,410,036         9.7608%

Mellon Bank NA                                      23,067,577         1.0701%

Merrill Lynch                                        2,340,320         0.1086%

Northern Trust Company                              10,051,844         0.4663% 

Royal Trust Corp of Canada, London                   9,757,032         0.4526%

State Street Nominees Limited                       38,534,128         1.7876%

TOTAL                                              312,019,973        14,4744%




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