Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
31 January 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 BELOW


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE 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 28 JANUARY 2005


11)  Date company informed

     28 JANUARY 2005


12)  Total holding following this notification

     152,403,572

               
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)

     7.07%


14)  Any additional information

     SEE 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      31 JANUARY 2005

LETTER TO:  COMPASS GROUP PLC
            28 January 2005

S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interests

We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, which
includes 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:  Laura Seidman (Assistant Secretary, Franklin Templeton Investments)

                                      SCHEDULE

COMPASS GROUP PLC     Outstanding Shares                           2,155,543,013
 
Registered Holder                 No. of Shares                       % of Class


Bank of New York, London              4,189,224                          0.1943%

Bank of New York Europe, London          17,450                          0.0008%

Cede New York                             8,000                          0.0004%

JP Morgan/Chase Nominees Ltd         96,861,553                          4.4936%
 
Citibank Nominees Ltd.                3,009,667                          0.1396%
 
Clydesdale Bank PLC                   1,792,220                          0.0831%

Euroclear Bank SA Brussels               78,905                          0.0037%

HSBC London                           2,717,890                          0.1261%

Mellon Bank NA                       10,335,203                          0.4795%
 
Merrill Lynch London                    842,400                          0.0391%

Northern Trust Company                5,814,977                          0.2698%
 
Royal Trust Corp of Canada, London    5,214,480                          0.2419%
 
State Street Nominees Limited        21,521,603                          0.9984%

TOTAL                               152,403,572                          7.0703%
 
                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange