Summary:
Compass Group PLC has announced that it has purchased 400,000 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 as part of the company's share buyback program. Following the purchases, the company now holds 55,957,404 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,729,446,573 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders can use this figure as the denominator for calculating their interest in the company.