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Compass Group PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting    rights are attached:

Compass Group PLC

2. Reason for the notification 

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X   )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (    )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (     )

Other (please specify) : (    )

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3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

17/12/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18/12/2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

L&G (from 5% to 4%)

  8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ordinary 10p	111,175,233 (As on 03/06/2008)	111,175,233

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares  if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 10p	91,361,809	91,361,809		4.91%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
91,361,809	4.91%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) ( 106,064,821 -5.70%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)   ( 106,064,821 -5.70%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)  ( 106,064,821 -5.70%= Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 91,361,809 -4.91%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited  (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 65,134,350 - 3.50%= PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)  ( 65,134,350 - 3.50%= PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

  Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,858,128,288.

14. Contact name:

  Mark White

  General Counsel and Company Secretary

  Compass Group PLC

15. Contact telephone number:

 +44 1932 573000

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