Compass Group PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2015

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RNS Number : 5693A

Compass Group PLC

29 September 2015

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			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	25 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%


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		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00BLNN3L44		83,088,272			83,088,272						81,565,563			4.95%


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
81,565,563									4.95%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Advisers Inc. - 24,709,432 Invesco Asset Management (GmBH) - 5,789,551 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 49,875,777 Invesco Asset Managers Japan Limited - 58,194 Invesco Canada Ltd - 859,480 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 8,556 Invesco Powershares Capital Management LLC - 264,573

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Invesco Limited
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

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