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COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 27 March 2023 it purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at its 2023 Annual General Meeting held on 9 February 2023, a total of 145,831 shares of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange, through the Company's broker, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, as detailed below. The purchased Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury and 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 form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 21 November 2022.

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 39,878,655 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 1,745,525,322 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,745,525,322 Ordinary Shares and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (as in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Please click on the link below to see the transactions.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3711U_1-2023-3-27.pdf

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Note to Editors:

Compass Group PLC is a world leading food services company, which generated annual revenues of £25.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2022.  It operates in around 40 countries and employs and engages more than 500,000 people. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.