Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased 300,000 of its ordinary shares on August 10, 2023, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at its 2023 Annual General Meeting. 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 through the company's broker, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, on various exchanges, including Aquis Exchange, CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. The purchases are part of the company's share buyback program announced on May 10, 2023. After the purchases, the company holds 56,557,404 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,728,846,573 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders can use this figure as the denominator for calculating their interest in the company. The detailed breakdown of the individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited is available in the provided link.