Commitment Share Plan

Compass Group PLC
12 February 2002


Compass Group PLC - Commitment Share Plan

Compass Group PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 11 February 2002, Ogier
Employee Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust
No 2 (the 'Trust'), subscribed for 1,801,131 ordinary shares in the Company (the
'Shares').

The Shares were subscribed at 502.50p per Share, being the middle market
quotation of a Share on 7 February 2002. Following this acquisition, the Trustee
distributed all these shares to satisfy participants' entitlement under the
Compass Group Commitment Share Plan.

Following the distribution of these shares, no shares are held by the Trustee.



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