Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC 21 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 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 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 N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 18 APRIL 2005 11) Date company informed 21 APRIL 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 84,938,196 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.94% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANDREW V DERHAM TEL: 01932 573159 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ......21 APRIL 2005.................. LETTER TO: Compass Group Pc 18 April 2005 Companies Act 1985 (The Act') - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 18 April 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 3.94%. 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 2,155,572,024 is the latest figure available to us. From: Geoff Smith (Barclays Corporate Secretariat) LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL : 0533153 As at 18 April 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 84,938,196 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.94 % of the issued share capital of 2,155,572,024 units Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held ------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 28,871,185 1.3394 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 5,180,509 .2403 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 24,480,465 1.1357 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 5,653 .0003 Gerrard Ltd 1,554,973 .0721 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 121,489 .0056 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 2,390,791 .1109 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust 2,632,575 .1221 & Banking Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 528,044 .0245 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 2,650 .0001 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 18,804,562 .8724 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 365,300 .0169 ---------- ------ Group Holding 84,938,196 3.9403 ---------- ------ REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL: 0533153 As at 18 April 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 84,938,196 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.94 % of the issued share capital of 2,155,572,024 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ---------------- ------------------- ------- Bank of Ireland 305,281 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 28,871,185 Barclays Trust Co & Others 23,486 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 310 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 28,000 Barclays Trust Co E99 7,085 Barclays Trust Co R69 62,608 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 1,230,851 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 8,980 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,931,875 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,001,062 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 28,887 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 8,1934 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,016,297 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,030,585 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 515,475 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 25,048 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 466,290 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 434,310 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,189,064 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 29,732 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 61,113 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 688,272 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 135,066 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,268,454 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 263,091 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 23,145,175 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 35,908 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 104,439 JPMorgan Chase Bank 365,300 JPMorgan Chase Bank 66,075 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,224 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 465,658 JPMorgan Chase Bank 296,767 JPMorgan Chase Bank 290,407 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,153,487 JPMorgan Chase Bank 234,257 JPMorgan Chase Bank 92,409 JPMorgan Chase Bank 57,287 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,079 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,241 JPMorgan Chase Bank 145,750 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 3,844 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 297,250 Mitsubishi Trust International 14,228 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BLI 689,408 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CMI 140,391 R C Greig Nominees Limited GPI GPI 512,526 R C Greig Nominees Limited SAI SA1 212,648 Reflex Nominees Limited 1,538 Reflex Nominees Limited 4,115 State Street 36,700 STATE STREET BOSTON 1,530,834 STATE STREET BOSTON 186,295 The Northern Trust Co. 60,699 The Northern Trust Co. 19,850 WELLS FARGO SEATTLE - WIRE BAN 37,157 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 2,650 ---------- Total 84,938,196 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ND HOLPUUPWCUPAGCG
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