Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased a total of 56,257 of its ordinary shares on 20 September 2023. The shares were bought through the company's broker, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, and will be held in treasury. The shares are expected to be used to meet obligations arising from employee share schemes or other allocations of ordinary shares to employees or directors. The purchases were made on various venues, including Aquis Exchange, CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. The highest price paid per ordinary share was 20.6000, while the lowest price paid was 20.4900. The volume-weighted average price paid per ordinary share was 20.5730.
These purchases are part of the company's share buyback program announced on 10 May 2023. Following the purchases, Compass Group PLC now holds 66,029,147 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,719,374,830 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,719,374,830 ordinary shares.
The detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the company as part of the share buyback program is available in the provided link. This announcement does not constitute an offer or solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
For investor inquiries, Agatha Donnelly and Helen Javanshiri can be contacted at +44 (0) 1932 573 000. For press inquiries, Giles Robinson can be reached at +44 (0) 1932 963 486. More information can be found on the company's website.