Compass Group PLC — AGM Information 2011

Feb 4, 2011

Company Number 4083914

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ORDINARY & SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

of

COMPASS GROUP PLC

At the tenth Annual General Meeting of the members of Compass Group PLC duly convened and held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Thursday, 3 February 2011, Resolution 16 was passed as an Ordinary Resolution and Resolutions 17, 18 and 19 were passed as Special Resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

Resolution 16 - Authority to allot shares (section 551)

That the power conferred on the directors by Article 12 of the Company's Articles of Association be renewed for a period expiring at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date on which this Resolution is passed or, if earlier, 2 May 2012 and for that period the section 551 amount is £62,895,500 and, in addition, the section 551 amount shall be increased by £62,895,500, provided that the directors' power in respect of such latter amount shall only be used in connection with a rights issue:

• to holders of ordinary shares in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to $(i)$ their existing holdings; and
• to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or $(ii)$ as the Board otherwise considers necessary,

and that the directors may impose any limits or restriction and make any arrangements which they consider necessary to deal with fractional entitlements, legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of, any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange, any territory, or any matter whatsoever.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 17 - Authority to allot shares for cash (section 561)

That, subject to the passing of Resolution 16 above, the power conferred on the directors by Article 13 of the Company's Articles of Association be renewed for a period expiring at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date on which this Resolution is passed or, if earlier, 2 May 2012 and for that period the section 561 amount is £9,434,331.

Resolution 18 - Purchase of own shares

That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised, purs uant to and in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006, to make market purchases

(within the meaning of section 693(4) of that Act) of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company subject to the following conditions:

• 18.1 the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 188,686,632;
• 18.2 the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 10 pence;
• 18.3 the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is, in respect of a share contracted to be purchased on any day, an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the purchase is made; and
• this authority shall expire, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the 18.4 Company, at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 2 August 2012, whichever is the earlier (except in relation to the purchase of ordinary shares, the contract for which was concluded prior to the expiry of this authority and which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of this authority).

Resolution 19 - Notice of Meetings other than Annual General Meetings

That a general meeting of the Company other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this Resolution.

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Mark J White General Counsel & Company Secretary Date: 4 February 2011