Compass Group Annual Review 2006

Shareholder information

Registrars and transfer office

All matters relating to the administration of shareholdings should be directed to Capita Registrars, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, telephone within the UK: 0870 162 3100 and from overseas: +44 20 8639 2157; email: ssd@capitaregistrars.com.

Shareholders that receive duplicate mailings because they have multiple holdings can write to the Registrars requesting that the holdings be amalgamated. By logging on to www.capitaregistrars.com/shareholders/ and following the link to The Share Portal, shareholders can access a range of online services including registering to receive future corporate documents by email. Registration will require input of investor codes. Shareholders are advised to refer to their share certificates for details.

Share dealing service

Compass Group has arranged share dealing services with Capita Registrars which provides a telephone and online share dealing service for UK resident shareholders in Compass Group. To deal, shareholders must provide details of surname, postcode, date of birth and investor code (set out in share certificates). To use the service telephone 0870 458 4577 or visit www.capitadeal.com.

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

Compass Group has introduced corporate sponsored Maxi and Mini ISAs. The ISAs offer UK resident shareholders a simple low-cost and tax efficient way to invest in the Company’s shares. Full details together with a form of application are available from HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited, Corporate Personal Equity Plans & Individual Savings Accounts, 1st Floor, Courtwood House, Silver Street Head, Sheffield S1 2BH, telephone 0845 745 6123.

Share price information

The current price of Compass Group shares is available on Ceefax, Teletext, FTCityline (operated by the Financial Times), telephone 0906 843 3250 and Compass Group’s corporate website.

ShareGift

ShareGift is a charity share donation scheme for shareholders administered by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation. It is particularly useful for those shareholders that may wish to dispose of a small quantity of shares where the market value makes it uneconomic to sell on a commission basis. Further information can be obtained from ShareGift telephone 020 7337 0501 or from its website www.sharegift.org.

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)

Compass Group has an ADR programme. Each ADR is equivalent to one Compass Group ordinary share and trades under the symbol CMPGY. Further information can be obtained from The Bank of New York, Investor Relations, PO Box 11258, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10286-1258, telephone: within the US toll free 1-888 BNY-ADRs and from overseas +1 212 815 3700, email: shareowners@bankofny.com and from websites: www.adrbny.com and www.stockbny.com.

Financial calendar

Annual General Meeting – 16 February 2007
Half year results announcement – May
Full year results announcement – late November/early December
Dividend payments:
Interim – August
Final – March

Warning about unsolicited investment contacts

Over the last year many companies have become aware that their shareholders have received unsolicited phone calls or correspondence concerning investment matters. These are typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who target UK shareholders offering to sell them what often turn out to be worthless or high risk shares in US or UK investments. Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free company reports.

If you receive any unsolicited investment advice:

• Make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation.
• Check that they are properly authorised by the Financial Services Authority before getting involved. You can check at www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
• The FSA also maintains on its website a list of unauthorised overseas firms who are targeting, or have targeted, UK investors and any approach from such organisations should be reported to the FSA so that this list can be kept up to date and any other appropriate action can be considered. If you deal with an unauthorised firm, you would not be eligible to receive payment under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The FSA can be contacted by completing an online form at www.fsa.gov.uk.
• Inform our Registrar’s Compliance Department on 020 8639 2041 or email compliance@capitaregistrars.com.

More detailed information on this or similar activity can be found on the FSA website www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer/.

Unsolicited mail

Compass Group is legally obliged to make its register of members available to the public. As a consequence of this some shareholders might have received unsolicited mail. Shareholders wishing to limit the amount of such mail should write to the Mailing Preference Service, FREEPOST 29, LON20771, London W1E 0ZT. Alternatively, shareholders may register online at www.mpsonline.org-uk or request an application form by calling 0845 703 4599.

Shareholder analysis	Number of holders	Holders %	Number of shares held millions	Shares held %
Type of holder:
Individuals	66,158	91.5	88	4.2
Institutional & other investors	6,109	8.5	2,011	95.8
Total	72,267	100.0	2,099	100.0
Size of holding:
1 – 100	13,841	19.2	1	0.0
101 – 200	11,758	16.3	2	0.1
201 – 500	17,853	24.7	6	0.3
501 – 1,000	11,879	16.4	9	0.4
1,001 – 2,000	8,575	11.9	12	0.6
2,001 – 5,000	5,329	7.4	16	0.8
5,001 – 10,000	1,361	1.9	9	0.4
10,001 – 50,000	803	1.1	16	0.8
50,001 – 100,000	178	0.2	13	0.6
100,001 – 500,000	351	0.5	85	4.0
500,001 – 1,000,000	101	0.1	73	3.5
1,000,001 – 5,000,000	167	0.2	354	16.9
5,000,001 – 10,000,000	34	0.0	241	11.5
10,000,001 and above	37	0.1	1,262	60.1
Total	72,267	100.0	2,099	100.0