REG - Compass Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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04/01/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 5731L  Compass Group PLC  04 January 2023

LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 3 January 2023 it purchased, in accordance with
the authority granted by shareholders at its 2022 Annual General Meeting held
on 3 February 2022, a total of 65,539 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence
each (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange, through the
Company's broker, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, as detailed below. The purchased
Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury and are expected to be used to meet
obligations arising from employee share schemes, or other allocations of
Ordinary Shares, to employees or directors.

 

 Number of Ordinary Shares purchased                      65,539
 Highest price paid (per Ordinary Share)                  £19.5000
 Lowest price paid (per Ordinary Share)                   £19.2300
 Volume weighted average price paid (per Ordinary Share)  £19.3850

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on
21 November 2022.

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 31,607,458 Ordinary Shares in
treasury and has 1,753,796,519 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total
number of voting rights in the Company is 1,753,796,519 Ordinary Shares and
this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market
Abuse Regulation) (as in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the detailed breakdown of individual
trades made by J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company as part of
the share buyback programme is set out below.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

 Issuer Name        Compass Group PLC
 LEI                2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
 ISIN               GB00BD6K4575
 Intermediary Name  J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 Intermediary Code  JPMSGB2L
 Timezone           UTC
 Currency           GBP

 

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Enquiries

 

 Investors:  Agatha Donnelly & Helen Javanshiri      +44 (0) 1932 573 000
 Press:      Giles Robinson                          +44 (0) 1932 963 486
 Website:    www.compass-group.com

 

Note to Editors:

Compass Group PLC is a world leading food services company, which generated
annual revenues of £25.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2022.  It
operates in around 40 countries and employs and engages more than 500,000
people. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support
services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare &
Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore &
Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

 

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