Bonds Holders Meeting

RNS Number:0756W
Compass Group PLC
19 December 2000


                                                       19 December 2000

                          COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

                                (the Company)


                                 #200,000,000

                  7.125 per cent. Bonds due 2010 (the Bonds)

                              ISIN X50099806449


The Company has today published a notice in the London edition of the
Financial Times convening a meeting of holders of the Bonds to consider and,
if thought fit, to approve proposals for the substitution of Compass Group PLC
for the Company as principal obligor under the Bonds and certain amendments to
the trust deed constituting the Bonds and the terms and conditions of the
Bonds (the Proposals).

The meeting is to be held at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65
Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS on 10 January 2001 commencing at 9.30am (the
Meeting).  Implementation of the Proposals requires the approval of an
extraordinary resolution of holders of the bonds at the Meeting.

Further information about the Proposals, the Meeting and voting at the Meeting
is available from the following parties:


Principal Paying Agent

                             The Bank of New York
                                 48th Floor
                              One Canada Square
                                London E14 5AL
                     Contact: Kate Russell/Sunjeeve Patel
                            Tel: [phone]
                            Fax: [phone]


                                 Paying Agents


        Banque International a Luxembourg SA       Credit Swiss First Boston
                 69 route d'Esch                      Uetliebergstrasse 231
                L-2953 Luxembourg                   8045 Zurich, Switzerland
   Contact : Documentation, Fiscal and Listing       Contact : Paying Agent
                   Department                               Services
               Tel: [phone]                     Tel: [phone]
               Fax: [phone]                     Fax: + 411 332 4320



                    Euroclear                       Clearstream, Luxembourg
            Contact: Christel Biston               Contact: Catherine Jimenez
               Tel: [phone]                      Tel: [phone]
               Fax: [phone]                     Fax: [phone]



Compass Group Holding PLC
Registered Office:
Cowley House
Guildford Street
Chertsey
Surrey KT16 9BA

Dated 19 December 2000



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