Compass Group PLC has announced that it has purchased 300,000 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 purchases were made on various exchanges, including Aquis Exchange, CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. Following the purchases, the company now holds 56,257,404 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,729,146,573 ordinary shares in issue. This figure will be used as the denominator for voting rights calculations. The share buyback program was announced on May 10, 2023.