Transaction in Own Shares

Compass Group PLC
07 July 2006


                               Compass Group PLC

                    Purchase of own shares for cancellation


Compass Group PLC announces that on 7 July 2006 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 263.7455 pence per share from Morgan
Stanley .



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Justin Besley                Compass Group PLC                    01932 573 000


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