Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2914T

Compass Group PLC

02 October 2014

 



For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NO

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Compass Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	30 September 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights x
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00BLNN3L44	167,343,765	167,343,765			168,640,436		10.07%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
168,640,436	10.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Compass Group PLC - BLNN3L4

Holdings as of 30 September 2014

Entity                                              Holding         Percentage

MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.a.r.l..	3,846,485	Held 0.2298%
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd	8,201,845	0.4900%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company	99,182,615	5.9253%
MFS Heritage Trust Company	6,432,971	0.3843%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.	28,686,105	1.7137%
MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.	666,453	0.0398%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.	13,897,459	0.8303%
MFS Investment Management K.K	7,726,503	0.4616%

Notifiable Interest	168,640,436.00	10.0748%
Shares Outstanding	1,673,886,784

 

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Mark White General Counsel and Company Secretary Compass Group PLC
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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