Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

X

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

9 March 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 March 2016

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

xi

Direct

xii

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00BLNN3L44

164,569,151

164,569,151

163,802,778

9.96%

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

163,802,778

9.96%

Entity

MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.a.r.L

Holding

3,215,080

Percentage Held

0.19%

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.

5,714,240

0.35%

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

102,303,000

6.22%

MFS Heritage Trust Company

5,989,580

0.36%

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.

26,763,030

1.63%

MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.

13,083,400

0.80%

MFS Investment Management K.K.

6,361,000

0.39%

MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.

373,448

0.02%

Notifiable Interest

163,802,778

9.96%

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:

+44 1932 573000