Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6364W

Compass Group PLC

20 August 2015

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces that on 20 August 2015, Mrs Caroline Cousins, wife of Richard Cousins, Group Chief Executive of Compass Group PLC gifted, for nil consideration, 778,831 ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each in the Company to her husband.

Following this transaction, Richard Cousins' interest in shares of the Company remains unchanged at 1,515,815 ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each, representing 0.092% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).

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Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

[phone]

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

                                                             Sandra Moura, Director 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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