Compass Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Mar 11, 2016

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RNS Number : 8419R

Compass Group PLC

11 March 2016

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%

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

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%

Shares Outstanding                                                                         1,644,196,146

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

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