Subscription of Shares

Compass Group PLC
4 March 2002

Compass Group PLC (the Company) announces that on 1 March 2002, Ogier Employee
Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust No 2
(the Trust), subscribed for 232,436 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares).



The Shares were subscribed at 498.5p per Share, being the middle market
quotation of a Share on 27 February 2002. Following this acquisition, the
Trustee distributed all these shares to satisfy participants' entitlement 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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