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Compass Group PLC 20 July 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY COMPASS GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER WITH 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 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 18 JULY 2006 11) Date company informed 20 JULY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 66,130,424 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) 3.0869% 14) Any additional information SEE LETTER BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries TIM MASON TEL: 01932 573005 16) Name and signature of authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification TIM MASON COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 20 JULY 2006 LETTER TO: Compass Group PLC DATED: 18 July 2006 Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 17 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 3.09%. 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 2,142,359,023 is the latest figure available to us. FROM: Geoff Smith Barclays PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL: 0533153 As at 17 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 66,130,424 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.09% of the issued share capital of 2,142,359,023 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Fund Advisors 7,263,334 .3390 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 194,078 .0091 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 101,302 .0047 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 163,756 .0076 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 15,749,898 .7352 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 10,115 .0005 Gerrard Ltd 5,120,082 .2390 Barclays Capital Inc 590,519 .0276 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 18,795,241 .8773 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 4,153 .0002 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 2,891,893 .1350 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 12,587,774 .5876 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,358 .0001 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 2,423,174 .1131 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 223,747 .0109 Group Holding 66,130,424 3.0869 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL: 0533153 As at 17 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 66,130,424 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.09% of the issued share capital of 2,142,359,023 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 426353 809,719 BANK OF NEW YORK 152,992 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 10,964,471 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,622,784 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 590,000 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 519 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 519 Barclays Global Investors Canada 163,756 Barclays Trust Co & Others 25,924 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C 000000000000000000 3,591 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 000000000000000000 28,000 Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 153 Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 43,634 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 1,056,873 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 695,125 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 00120147102 1,358 Gerrard Nominees Limited 605704 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 850 Gerrard Nominees Limited 611717 3,561 Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 1,811 Gerrard Nominees Limited 659645 2,632 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660574 800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 12,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 5,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 770101 6,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 1,400 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 832,693 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN 122,244 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 506,688 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,882,848 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 672,133 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 140,924 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 199,358 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 60,741 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,942 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 364,809 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,172,933 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,893 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 267,977 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,111,721 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 569,398 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 129,293 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,187,982 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 272,907 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 16,836,517 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 37,188 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 92,132 JPMorgan Chase Bank 311,792 JPMorgan Chase Bank 214,308 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 70,552 JPMorgan Chase Bank 23,997 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,545 JPMorgan Chase Bank 230,529 JPMorgan Chase Bank 289,646 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,458 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,168,736 JPMorgan Chase Bank 110,219 JPMorgan Chase Bank 131,682 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,444 JPMorgan Chase Bank 60,042 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 194,078 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 84,932 Mitsui Asset 35,309 R C Greig Nominees Limited 2,654,573 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 670,996 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 340,115 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 RES 665 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 75,559 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 241,882 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 146,301 Reflex Nominees Limited 2,615 Reflex Nominees Limited 1,538 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO 165,800 STATE STREET BOSTON 1,109,989 Trust & Custody Services Bank 20,251 Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,963 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 10,115 Total 66,130,424 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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