1st Jun 2005 16:04
Compass Group PLC1 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: 01932 573159 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...1 JUNE 2005........ Letter to Compass GroupDated 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 811,952HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363 615,737HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942229 583,791HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942217 571,642HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942175 1,392,238HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 942187 591,999HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245 8,514,875HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007 136,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206 57,393,954HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866197 390,400HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332 393,300HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 916681 113,400HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 922437 11,500HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612 2,450,600HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605 1,450,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509 3,229,297HSBC 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 anissued share capital of 2,155,572,024 shares. Letter from Legal & General Investment Management This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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