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Compass Group PLC 04 November 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY COMPASS GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS PLC 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 listed 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 listed 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 1 NOVEMBER 2005 11) Date company informed 4 NOVEMBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 80,968,496 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.756% 14) Any additional information SEE LETTER BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries TIM MASON TEL: 01932 573000 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification TIM MASON COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 4 NOVEMBER 2005 To Compass Group PLC dated 2 November 2005 Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI ---------------------------------------- I hereby inform you that as at 1 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 3.76%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are below. The issued capital of 2,155,661,135 is the latest figure available to us. From Barclays LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL : 0533153 As at 01 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 80,968,496 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.76% of the issued share capital of 2,155,661,135 units Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held ------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 97,336 .0045 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 29,824,214 1.3835 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 214,095 .0099 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 6,256 .0003 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 4,893,688 .2270 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 2,936,410 .1362 Barclays Global Investors, Ltd 26,780,965 1.2424 Gerrard Ltd 6,672,244 .3095 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,358 .0001 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 2,477,156 .1149 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 1,327,023 .0616 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 101,940 .0047 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 5,631,658 .2612 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 4,153 .0002 ---------- ------ Group Holding 86,242,431 3.7560 ---------- ------ REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL: 0533153 As at 01 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 80,968,496 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.76% of the issued share capital of 2,155,661,135 units Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ----------------- ------------------- ------- BANK OF NEW YORK 157,995 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 4,893,688 Barclays Global Investors Canada 101,940 Barclays Trust Co & Others 24,793 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 59 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 28,000 Barclays Trust Co E99 653 Barclays Trust Co R69 43,831 BNP PARIBAS 230,003 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 1,171,053 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,766,452 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 811,742 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 136,933 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 01201471 1,358 Gerrard Nominees Limited ER1 60,821 Greig Middleton Nominees Limit GM1 808,195 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd GM3 122,244 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,755,835 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 405,772 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 409,310 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 60,741 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,138,584 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 387,143 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 21,138 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 6,825,604 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,000,441 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 117,833 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,395,292 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,688,015 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 23,096 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 51,441 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 222,340 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 596,312 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 603,187 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 127,446 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,085,220 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 272,907 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 21,745,183 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 35,908 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 98,277 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 318,182 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 1,008,841 JPMorgan Chase Bank 144,598 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,792 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,444 JPMorgan Chase Bank 60,042 JPMorgan Chase Bank 303,696 JPMorgan Chase Bank 288,295 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,153,690 JPMorgan Chase Bank 317,703 JPMorgan Chase Bank 228,920 JPMorgan Chase Bank 85,287 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,079 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 66,313 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 328,700 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 165,970 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 387,266 Mitsui Asset 26,556 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 442,409 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 508,415 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 112,633 R C Greig Nominees Limited RCI 3,461,205 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AKI 1,173,562 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BLI 467,140 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CMI 113,376 R C Greig Nominees Limited GPI GPI 321,192 R C Greig Nominees Limited SAI SAI 144,509 Reflex Nominees Limited 1,538 Reflex Nominees Limited 2,615 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 142,126 STATE STREET BOSTON 1,303,527 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 155,423 The Northern Trust Company - U 219,262 Trust & Custody Services Bank 22,149 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 6,256 ---------- Total 80,968,496 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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