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) : (     )

……………..

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

    Massachusetts Financial Services Company

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

MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.

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

24 January 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25 January 2012

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

5%



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

GB0005331532

94,975,593

94,975,593


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

GB0005331532

95,128,218

5.0055%

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

95,128,218

5.0055%

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

Compass Group plc - 0533153

Holdings as of 24 January 2012

Entity

Holding

Percentage Held

MFS Investment Management (MFS)

MFS Heritage Trust Company (MFSHE)

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (MFSI)

MFS International Ltd. (MIL)

33,903,846

 1,798,218

21,353,845

8,564,769

1.784%

0.0946%

1.1236%

0.4507%

MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)

MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A. (LUX)

17,290,631

4,852,517

0.9098%

0.2553%

MFS Investment Management K.K. (MIMKK)

7,364,392

0.3875%

Notifiable Interest

95,128,218

5.0055%

Shares Outstanding

1,900,480,410









Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

  N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

     N/A

12.

  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

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