Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
22 April 2005


Letter to RNS

Compass Group PLC ('the Company') advises that it has today received from
Barclays PLC ('Barclays') notification that as at 19 April 2005 Barclays no
longer had a notifiable interest in the Company's shares.

Copy of the notification received from Barclays is below.

Letter from Compass Group



Letter to Compass Group PLC
Dated  20 April 2005

Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as 19 April 2005
Barclays PLC no longer has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company.

According to our records your Company's Issued Share Capital is 2,155,572,024.


Letter from Barclays Corporate Secretariat





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