Compass Group PLC has announced that it purchased 100,000 of its ordinary shares on December 18, 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 shares were purchased through the company's broker, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, at various venues, including CBOE BXE, CBOE CXE, London Stock Exchange, and Turquoise. The highest price paid per share was £20.9300, and the lowest price paid was £20.8200.

These purchases are part of the company's market equivalent of $250 million share buyback, which was announced on December 4, 2023. The buyback is the initial stage of a $500 million share buyback announced on November 20, 2023, to be completed in 2024, subject to M&A activity.

Following the purchases, Compass Group holds 75,080,159 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,710,323,818 ordinary shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the company is 1,710,323,818 ordinary shares.

The detailed breakdown of individual trades made by BNP Paribas Financial Markets on behalf of the company as part of the share buyback program is available 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.