Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3793Y

Compass Group PLC

28 November 2014

 



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 5/8 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").

1. Long Term Incentive Plan Release

Following satisfaction of 100% of both of the Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Total Shareholder Return performance conditions in the three years ended 30 September 2014, Awards made on 25 November 2011 under The Compass Group Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") vested and the following Shares were released and issued on 27 November 2014:

Name	Director / PDMR	Number of Shares
Dominic Blakemore	Director	114,832
Richard Cousins	Director	343,720
Gary Green	Director	194,516
Andrew Martin	Director	156,186
Andrew Furlong	PDMR	116,092
Philippe Op de Beeck	PDMR	52,196
Mark White	PDMR	96,310
Jane Kingston	PDMR	86,066

 

The Shares noted below were sold on 28 November 2014 at 1064.2037 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
Dominic Blakemore	53,866
Richard Cousins	160,910
Andrew Martin	73,117
Andrew Furlong	59,988
Philippe Op de Beeck	9,410
Mark White	45,087
Jane Kingston	40,291

A further 182,810 Shares were disposed by Mr Cousins, 83,069 Shares by Mr Martin, 44,907 Shares by Mr Furlong, 22,928 Shares by Miss Kingston and 51,223 Shares by Mr White, all at the same time and at the same price.

2. Disposal of Shares

On 28 November 2014, Mr Martin and Mr Green, both Directors, sold 111,764 Shares and 150,000 Shares respectively at a price of 1064.2037 pence per Share.

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
Dominic Blakemore	60,966	0.00365
Richard Cousins*	1,515,815	0.09079
Gary Green	516,241	0.03092
Andrew Martin	500,000	0.02995
Andrew Furlong	171,957	0.01030
Philippe Op de Beeck	46,132	0.00276
Jane Kingston	319,269	0.01912
Mark White**	310,230	0.01859

*Of the amount above, 778,831 Shares are registered in the name of Mrs C Cousins.

**The amount of 310,230 Shares above are registered in the name of Mrs M B White.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

[phone]

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

                                         Sandra Moura, Head of Investor Relations

Note to Editors

Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £17.1 billion in the year to 30 September 2014.  It operates in over 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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