Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3622U

Compass Group PLC

29 November 2013

 



COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces the following changes in the interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").

1.  Long-Term Incentive Plan:  2013/14 Award

On 29 November 2013, an award was made under The Compass Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2010 ("Plan") to the Directors and PDMRs detailed below: 

Name	Director or PDMR	Number of Shares Under Conditional Award
Richard Cousins	Director	209,436
Dominic Blakemore	Director	78,090
Gary Green	Director	121,620
Andrew Martin	Director	105,747
Andrew Furlong	PDMR	60,195
Philippe Op de Beeck	PDMR	55,707
Mark White	PDMR	58,404
Jane Kingston	PDMR	52,194

The number of Shares shown is the maximum available if the corporate performance conditions for the period, which commenced on 1 October 2013 and ends on 30 September 2016, are satisfied in full.  There will be no retesting of the award.

Under the Plan rules, participants may become entitled to Shares if the Company satisfies stringent corporate performance targets based upon Total Shareholder Return relative to companies in the FTSE 100 index (excluding its financial services constituents), Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Return on Capital Employed; each target relating to one-third of an award.  

2.  Long-Term Incentive Plan Release

Following satisfaction of 100% of the Adjusted Free Cash Flow and 96.1% of the Total Shareholder Return performance conditions in the three years ended 30 September 2013, Awards made on 25 November 2010 under The Compass Group Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") vested and the following Shares were released and issued on 29 November 2013:

Name	Director / PDMR	Number of Shares
Richard Cousins	Director	315,405
Gary Green	Director	182,010
Andrew Martin	Director	141,931
Andrew Furlong	PDMR	110,727
Mark White	PDMR	89,213
Jane Kingston	PDMR	79,751

 

The Shares noted below were sold on 29 November 2013 at 928.4777 pence per Share in order to realise sufficient funds to settle resultant tax and social security liabilities arising from such issue:    

Name	Number of Shares sold
Richard Cousins	150,141
Andrew Martin	67,563
Andrew Furlong	57,952
Mark White	42,467
Jane Kingston	37,964

A further 82,632 Shares were disposed by Mr Cousins, 74,368 Shares by Mr Martin,

42,220 Shares by Mr Furlong and 23,373 Shares by Mr White, all at the same time and

at the same price.

3.  Disposal of Shares

On 29 November 2013, Gary Green sold 300,000 Shares at a price of 928.4777 pence per Share.  

4.  Resultant Shareholdings

Following the transactions detailed above, total interests in Shares for the Directors and PDMRs noted above are as shown below:

Name	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Share Capital
Richard Cousins*	1,610,554	0.0896%
Gary Green	501,208	0.0279%
Andrew Martin	650,000	0.0362%
Andrew Furlong	170,808	0.0095%
Philippe Op de Beeck	3,577	0.0002%
Jane Kingston	314,949	0.0175%
Mark White**	329,715	0.0183%

*   Of the amount above, 827,508 Shares are registered in the name of Mrs C Cousins.

** The amount of 329,715 Shares above are registered in the name of Mrs M B White.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Investors/Analysts:         Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary

                                         Sarah John, Director of Corporate Affairs

Media:                              Clare Hunt, Group Media Relations Assistant Director

Note to Editors

Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £17.6 billion in the year to 30 September 2013.  It operates in around 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 4 billion meals every year.  The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio. 

 

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