Compass Group PLC has announced that it has purchased 500,000 of its ordinary shares through its broker, Barclays Capital Securities Limited. The purchased shares will be held in treasury and are expected to be used for employee share schemes or other allocations to employees or directors. The shares were purchased at various venues, including Aquis Exchange, CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. The purchases are part of the company's share buyback program announced in May 2023. Following the purchases, the company now holds 68,516,954 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,716,887,023 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,716,887,023 ordinary shares.