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CompassAnnouncement

05/10/2015 18:00

RNS Number : 3020B
Compass Group PLC
05 October 2015
 
COMPASS GROUP PLC 
Purchase of own shares
Compass Group PLC announces that on 5 October 2015 it purchased 120,000 ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each at a price of 1070.8948 pence per share through Merrill Lynch International.
Compass Group PLC intends to hold the purchased ordinary shares in treasury.
Following the above transaction, Compass Group PLC holds 9,154,107 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,647,623,275 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Enquiries: 
For further information, contact: 
J Besley, Treasurer
Tel: +44 (0)1932 573000
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