Compass Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 19, 2023

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RNS Number : 8270M

Compass Group PLC

19 September 2023

LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Company announces that on 18 September 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 621,141 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares"), through the Company's broker, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, 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.

Venue	Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	Highest price paid (per Ordinary Share)	Lowest price paid (per Ordinary Share)	Volume weighted average price paid (per Ordinary Share)
Aquis Exchange	59,307	20.7800	20.5200	20.5887
CBOE BXE	98,329	20.7900	20.5200	20.6081
CBOE CXE	132,714	20.7900	20.5200	20.5987
London Stock Exchange	281,019	20.7900	20.5200	20.5952
Turquoise	49,772	20.7800	20.5200	20.6098

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 10 May 2023.

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 65,272,890 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 1,720,131,087 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,720,131,087 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 Barclays Capital Securities Limited 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

Issuer Name	Compass Group PLC
LEI	2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
ISIN	GB00BD6K4575
Intermediary Name	Barclays Capital Securities Limited
Intermediary Code	BARCGB91
Timezone	UTC
Currency	GBP

Please click on the link below to see the transactions.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8270M_1-2023-9-18.pdf

Enquiries

Investors:	Agatha Donnelly & Helen Javanshiri	+44 (0) 1932 573 000
Press:	Giles Robinson	+44 (0) 1932 963 486
Website:	www.compass-group.com

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