Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
12 October 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     COMPASS GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED


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 11 OCTOBER 2004


11)  Date company informed

     12 OCTOBER 2004


12)  Total holding following this notification

     64,705,097

               
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)

     3.002%


14)  Any additional information

     SEE LETTER 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      

     12 OCTOBER 2004



Letter to Compass Group Plc
Letter dated 11th October 2004


NOTIFICATION UNDER PART VI OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED BY THE 
COMPANIES ACT 1989)

I write to advise that Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, is interested
in 93,186,878 ordinary shares of the above mentioned company. Of this interest,
64,705,097 shares are material interests, which we understand represents 3.002%
of the relevant share capital, and constitutes a notifiable interest for the
purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985. This is calculated on an issued
share capital of 2,155,345,032 shares.

This notification is made on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc
and Scottish Widows Group Limited who are deemed to be interested in these
shares as, like Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, they are all companies
within the Lloyds TSB Group of Companies.

The schedule below identifies the registration details of this holding.

Letter from S Brice 
            Manager, Client Liaison
            Scottish Widows Investment Partnership



               SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED


     Holders Breakdown - 3% Material Holdings where a movement has occurred

                                          Group 
Stock Description   Total Fund Amount     Company         Fund     Registered Holder                    Interest

ORD 10P                 6,193,600.000     SWIP            AA1AA    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY2   Material
                        2,574,012.000     SWIP            AA1SU    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XC5U   Material
                          248,690.000     SWIP            AA2AA    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY3   Material
                        1,100,258.000     SWIP            AEQ      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W36A   Material
                        2,188,853.000     SWIP            ALEQ1    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W32L   Material
                          161,437.000     SWIP            ALSPF    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W3L2   Material
                        6,686,400.000     SWIP            APEQU    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W33H   Material
                        7,924,445.000     SWIP            BH2AA    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBJ2   Material
                          474,430.000     SWIP            BH9AA    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBK2   Material
                          510,460.000     SWIP            BPIAA    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBJ3   Material
                        2,797,517.000     SWIP            FEU      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W3J3   Material
                          247,551.000     SWIP            FIX      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W318   Material
                          105,530.000     SWIP            FSL      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C WJJ9   Material
                          652,486.000     SWIP            GIEQU    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBP7   Material
                        3,243,320.000     SWIP            GPS      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY4   Material
                        1,382,996.000     SWIP            GPSSU    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XC5W   Material
                          160,045.000     SWIP            IVP      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W390   Material
                           86,414.000     SWIP            LG0PS    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY5   Material
                          112,260.000     SWIP            LLEQT    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W32Z   Material
                        1,399,146.000     SWIP            N01      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W39N   Material
                        3,420,664.000     SWIP            PEQ      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W36U   Material
                        3,757,490.000     SWIP            TSLTM    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBK6   Material
                           29,710.000     SWIP            TSPIP    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBS8   Material
                       19,178,583.000     SWIP            W01      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W39F   Material
                           54,300.000     SWIP            W06      STATE STREET NOMINEES A/C W39L       Material
                           14,500.000     SWIP            W09      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C WJ9V   Material

                       64,705,097.000


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