Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
31 July 2006


                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF LISTED COMPANY

     COMPASS GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK AG


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is 
     regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above;
     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 31 JULY 2006

11)  Date listed company informed

     31 JULY 2006


12)  Total holding following this notification

     NOT DISCLOSED

               
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)

     LESS THAN 3.00%


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 duly authorised officer of the listed company
     responsible for making this notification

     ANDREW V DERHAM


     Date of Notification .......... 31 JULY 2006





Letter to: COMPASS GROUP PLC
Dated:     31 JULY 2006


Disclosure of interests in shares

Further to our letter of 14 July 2006 and in accordance with Section 198-202 of
the UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to
inform you that on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your
company is 2,158,538,396 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG, and its subsidiary
companies no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of 
Compass Group Plc.
 

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch.


From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON




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