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

Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased a total of 3,840 of its ordinary shares on 27 October 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:
- 700 shares were purchased on CBOE BXE at a highest price of 20.5400 pence per share, a lowest price of 20.5300 pence per share, and a volume-weighted average price of 20.5330 pence per share.
- 226 shares were purchased on CBOE CXE at a price of 20.5400 pence per share.
- 2,707 shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange at a highest price of 20.5400 pence per share, a lowest price of 20.5300 pence per share, and a volume-weighted average price of 20.5359 pence per share.
- 207 shares were purchased on Turquoise at a price of 20.5400 pence per share.

Following the purchases, Compass Group PLC now holds 73,318,392 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,712,085,585 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,712,085,585 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 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.