Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased a total of 103,000 of its ordinary shares on 19 December 2023. The shares were bought through the company's broker, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, 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 on various venues, including CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. The highest price paid per share was £20.9500, and the lowest price paid per share was £20.6900. The purchases are part of the company's market equivalent of $250 million share buyback announced on 4 December 2023, which is the initial stage of a $500 million share buyback to be completed in 2024, subject to M&A activity. After the purchases, the company holds 75,183,159 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,710,220,818 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,710,220,818 ordinary shares.