Compass Group PLC Announces Purchase of Own Shares for Employee Share Schemes

Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased a total of 77,857 of its ordinary shares on 13 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 as part of the company's share buyback program announced on 10 May 2023.

The breakdown of the purchases is as follows:
- Aquis Exchange: 4,776 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4700 pence per share, lowest price of 20.4100 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.4436 pence per share.
- CBOE BXE: 19,519 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4700 pence per share, lowest price of 20.4000 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.4447 pence per share.
- CBOE CXE: 16,456 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4700 pence per share, lowest price of 20.4000 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.4449 pence per share.
- London Stock Exchange: 29,408 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4700 pence per share, lowest price of 20.4000 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.4452 pence per share.
- Turquoise: 7,698 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4700 pence per share, lowest price of 20.4000 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.4429 pence per share.

Following the purchases, Compass Group PLC now holds 64,411,991 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,720,991,986 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,720,991,986 ordinary shares.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. For more information, investors can contact Agatha Donnelly and Helen Javanshiri, and the press can contact Giles Robinson. The detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the company can be found in the provided link.