Total Voting Rights

Compass Group PLC
27 December 2006


27 December 2006


                  Compass Group PLC - Voting Rights and Capital 


In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, 
Compass Group PLC's issued share capital consists of 2,057,787,640 ordinary 10p
shares each with equal voting rights. Compass Group PLC does not hold any 
ordinary shares in treasury.

Therefore the total number of voting rights in Compass Group PLC 
is 2,057,787,640.

The above figure, 2,057,787,640 may be used by shareholders as the denominator 
for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to 
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Compass Group PLC 
under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



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