Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0923H

Compass Group PLC

26 November 2015

 

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 85% of the Total Shareholder Return, 78% of the Adjusted Free Cash Flow and 74% of the Return on Capital Employed performance conditions in the three years ended 30 September 2015, awards made on 12 February 2013 under The Compass Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2010 ("LTIP") vested at 79% and the following Shares were released and issued on 25 November 2015:

Name	Director / PDMR	Number of shares awarded	Number of Shares vested
Dominic Blakemore	Director	92,664	73,203
Richard Cousins	Director	248,517	196,327
Gary Green	Director	142,728	112,754
Andrew Martin	Director	125,481	99,128
Andrew Furlong	PDMR	84,771	66,968
Philippe Op de Beeck	PDMR	55,692	43,995
Johnny Thomson	PDMR	11,841	9,352
Mark White	PDMR	69,306	54,750

 

The Shares noted below were sold on 25 November 2015 at 1107.3513 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	33,623
Richard Cousins	89,995
Gary Green	52,455
Andrew Martin	45,439
Andrew Furlong	33,865
Mark White	25,097

A further 106,332 Shares were disposed by Mr Cousins, 60,299 Shares by Mr Green, 53,689 Shares by Mr Martin, 28,147 Shares by Mr Furlong and 14,852 Shares by Mr White, all at the same time and at the same price, 1107.3513 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	100,546	0.00612
Richard Cousins	1,515,815	0.09222
Gary Green	365,819	0.01313
Andrew Martin	500,000	0.03042
Andrew Furlong	176,913	0.01076
Philippe Op de Beeck	90,431	0.00550
Johnny Thomson	47,635	0.00290
Mark White*	325,121	0.01978

  *The amount of 325,121 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 £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015.  It operates in over 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 5 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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