Transaction in Own Shares

Compass Group PLC
05 July 2006

                               Compass Group PLC

                    Purchase of own shares for cancellation


Compass Group PLC announces that on 5 July 2006 it purchased for cancellation
1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 269.6703 pence per share from Morgan
Stanley .





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Justin Besley              Compass Group PLC                   01932 573 000


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