Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
12 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

     FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC AND ITS AFFILIATES

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

     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

     ON OR BEFORE 11 APRIL, 2005

11)  Date company informed

     12 APRIL 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

     217,820,743
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     10.01%

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 APRIL 2005 .....................


Letter to Compass Group Plc
Dated 11 April 2005


S.198 Companies Act -  Disclosure of Share Interests

We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, which
includes Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its
affiliates.  Franklin Resources, Inc., a diversified financial services company,
and its affiliates perform investment management, advisory and related services
for clients on a global basis.

We wish to advise you of interests in the share capital of your Company under
management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf of clients,
as detailed in the attached schedule.

If you have any questions regarding this disclosure, please contact Jean Brown 
at 954-847-2443 or Charles Hopfe at 954-527-2138. 


From:  Robert Rosselot 
       Assistant Secretary
       Franklin Resources Inc.



                                    SCHEDULE

COMPASS GROUP PLC               Outstanding Shares            2,155,572,024

Registered Holder                     No. of Shares               % of Class

Bank of New York, London                4,876,546                    0.2262%
                 
Bank of New York Europe                    35,240                    0.0016%

Cede                                        8,000                    0.0004%

JP Morgan/Chase Nominees Ltd          149,974,998                    6.9575%

Citibank Nominees Ltd.                  3,415,244                    0.1584%

Clydesdale Bank PLC                     1,867,950                    0.0867%

Crest                                     307,080                    0.0142%

Euroclear Bank SA                          87,425                    0.0041%

HSBC                                    3,928,062                    0.1822%

Mellon Bank NA                         11,656,328                    0.5408%

Merrill Lynch                           1,413,100                    0.0656%

Northern Trust Company                  6,285,983                    0.2916%

Royal Trust Corp of Canada, London      8,118,972                    0.3767%

State Street Nominees Limited          25,845,815                    1.1990%

TOTAL                                 217,820,743                   10.1050%



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