Holding(s) in Company

Compass Group PLC
1 June 2005


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

      COMPASS GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

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 31 MAY 2005

11)  Date company informed

     1 JUNE 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

     78,775,498
               
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)

       3.65%


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 ...1 JUNE 2005........


Letter to Compass Group
Dated 31 May, 2005


Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198


Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General 
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company:


Material Interest


HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945                  811,952
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363                  615,737
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229                  583,791
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217                  571,642
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942175                1,392,238
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187                  591,999
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245                8,514,875
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007                  136,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206               57,393,954
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866197                  390,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332                  393,300
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 916681                 113,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 922437                  11,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612                2,450,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605                1,450,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                3,229,297
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 824434                  124,813
 
                                                              78,775,498   3.65%

We currently have a notifiable interest in 78,775,498 shares which we 
understand represents 3.65% of that class of your share capital calculated on an
issued share capital of 2,155,572,024 shares.


Letter from Legal & General Investment Management







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