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

Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased 250,000 of its ordinary shares on September 12, 2023, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at its 2023 Annual General Meeting. The shares were purchased 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 shares to employees or directors. The purchases were made as part of the company's share buyback program announced on May 10, 2023.

The breakdown of the purchases is as follows:
- Aquis Exchange: 10,827 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4200 pence per share, lowest price of 20.2500 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.3358 pence per share.
- CBOE BXE: 78,159 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4200 pence per share, lowest price of 20.2500 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.3457 pence per share.
- CBOE CXE: 45,190 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4200 pence per share, lowest price of 20.2500 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.3554 pence per share.
- London Stock Exchange: 70,151 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4200 pence per share, lowest price of 20.2600 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.3494 pence per share.
- Turquoise: 45,673 shares purchased at a highest price of 20.4100 pence per share, lowest price of 20.2500 pence per share, and volume weighted average price of 20.3489 pence per share.

Following the purchases, Compass Group PLC now holds 64,334,134 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,721,069,843 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,721,069,843 ordinary shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculating their interest in the company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the company as part of the share buyback program can be found in the provided link.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. For further information, investors can contact Agatha Donnelly and Helen Javanshiri, and the press can contact Giles Robinson.