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Compass Group PLC 10 July 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY COMPASS GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER WITH 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 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 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 05 JULY 2006 11) Date company informed 10 JULY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 146,863,408 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) 6.84% 14) Any additional information SEE LETTER BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANDREW V DERHAM TEL: 01932 573159 16) Name and signature of authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification ANDREW V DERHAM Date of Notification ...10 JULY 2006...... LETTER TO: Compass Group PLC DATED: 6 July 2006 Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 5 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 6.84%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. The issued capital of 2,147,439,203 is the latest figure available to us. FROM: Barclays LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL : 0533153 As at 05 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 146,863,408 ORD GBP0.10 representing 6.84% of the issued share capital of 2,147,439,203 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Gerrard Ltd 5,129,975 .2389 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 19,230,088 .8955 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 101,361 .0047 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 2,420,740 .1127 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 92,498,550 4.3074 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 223,414 .0104 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 4,153 .0002 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 35,115 .0016 Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,358 .0001 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 163,756 .0076 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 2,891,893 .1347 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 15,535,049 .7234 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 7,249,894 .3376 Barclays Capital Inc 1,185,519 .0552 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 192,543 .0090 Group Holding 146,863,408 6.8390 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COMPASS GROUP SEDOL: 0533153 As at 05 July 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 146,863,408 ORD GBP0.10 representing 6.84% of the issued share capital of 2,147,439,203 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 426353 809,719 BANK OF NEW YORK 150,834 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,193,959 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 90,304,072 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,185,000 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 519 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 519 Barclays Global Investors Canada 163,756 Barclays Trust Co & Others 25,924 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C 000000000000000000 3,650 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 000000000000000000 28,000 Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 153 Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 43,634 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 1,056,873 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 695,125 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 00120147102 1,358 Gerrard Nominees Limited 605704 1,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 850 Gerrard Nominees Limited 611717 3,561 Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 1,811 Gerrard Nominees Limited 659645 2,632 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660574 800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 12,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 5,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 770101 6,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 1,400 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 832,693 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN 122,244 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 364,809 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,921,436 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 267,977 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 140,924 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,151,545 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,882,848 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 672,133 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 493,248 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 60,741 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,942 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 199,358 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,893 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 569,398 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 129,293 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,187,982 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 272,907 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 17,271,364 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 37,188 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 92,132 JPMorgan Chase Bank 131,682 JPMorgan Chase Bank 10,202 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 192,543 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,276 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,168,736 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,444 JPMorgan Chase Bank 110,219 JPMorgan Chase Bank 309,358 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,458 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 69,534 JPMorgan Chase Bank 214,308 JPMorgan Chase Bank 289,646 JPMorgan Chase Bank 60,042 JPMorgan Chase Bank 230,529 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 84,932 Mitsui Asset 35,309 R C Greig Nominees Limited 2,653,425 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 675,924 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 345,198 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 RES 665 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 76,097 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 245,389 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 143,286 Reflex Nominees Limited 1,538 Reflex Nominees Limited 2,615 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO 165,800 STATE STREET BOSTON 1,109,989 Trust & Custody Services Bank 21,982 Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,963 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 35,115 Total 146,863,408 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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