Re Share Subscription

Compass Group PLC
7 January 2003


Compass Group PLC (the Company) announces that on 7 January 2003, Ogier Employee
Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust No 2
(the Trust), subscribed for 79,081 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares).

The Shares were subscribed at 329.5p per Share, being the middle market
quotation of a Share on 6 January 2003. Following this acquisition, the Trustee
distributed all the shares to satisfy participants' entitlements under the
Compass Group Commitment Share Plan (the Commitment Plan).

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


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