Director/PDMR Shareholding

Compass Group PLC
14 June 2006


                 COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Compass Group PLC (the 'Company') announces the following changes in the
interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
('PDMRs') in ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of the
Company ('Shares').

1. Long Term Incentive Plan Awards

On 14 June 2006, awards were made under the Long Term Incentive Plan to the
Directors and PDMRs set out below. The number of Shares referred to is the
maximum available if the performance conditions for the period, which commenced
on 1 October 2005 and ends on 30 September 2008, are satisfied in full. There is
no retesting facility.
                                                        
Name                              Director                        Shares Under 
                                  or PDMR                    Conditional Award
Christopher Bucknall              PDMR                                 333,344
Richard Cousins                   Director                             727,272
Didier Coutte                     PDMR                                 299,636
Gary Green                        PDMR                                 365,938
Andrew Martin                     Director                             460,606
Miguel Ramis                      PDMR                                 299,636
Ian El-Mokadem                    PDMR                                 387,878
Michael Young                     PDMR                                 315,150

Under the Compass Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan, participants may become
entitled to Shares if the Company satisfies stringent performance targets based
upon Group Free Cash Flow and TSR relative to companies in the FTSE 100 index.

50% of the award is subject to a target based on the Group's cumulative Free
Cash Flow ('GFCF') over a three year performance period. No Shares will be
released unless the Company achieves threshold performance of £825m. 25% of the
element of the award based on GFCF will vest at threshold performance. Awards
will vest on a straight line basis between 25% and 100% where GFCF is between
£825m and an outperformance target of £900m.

The performance condition over the remaining 50% of the award relates to the
total shareholder return ('TSR') of the Company over a three year period,
compared to that of the companies in the FTSE 100 index. Awards only vest if the
Company's performance is at the median. 25% of the element of the award subject
to TSR will vest for median performance and 100% for upper quartile performance
with straight line vesting between these points.

In addition, any vesting of an award at the end of the performance period will
be conditional on the Remuneration Committee being satisfied that the underlying
financial performance of the Company justifies it.


2. Long Term Incentive Plan Release

The following PDMRs exercised their rights over vested awards made under the
Long Term Incentive Plan (which were granted for nil consideration) and obtained
an interest in Shares as described below.

NAME                                          NUMBER OF                 DATE
                                                 SHARES
Gary Green                                       43,539         14 June 2006
Miguel Ramis                                     21,959         14 June 2006


3. Satisfaction of Deferred Bonus Shares

On 13 June 2006, Andrew Lynch, a PDMR, called for the release to him of 63,679
Shares, being the Matching Share element in connection with his bonus
arrangement for the year ended September 2002. His entitlement was satisfied by
a distribution of shares by Compass Group Trustees Limited, as Trustee of the
Compass Group Employee Share Trust. The Trust is a discretionary trust of which
all employees and former employees of the Company are potential beneficiaries.
Following the transaction, the Trust holds of total of 130,645 Shares,
representing 0.006% of the Company's issued share capital.

Mr Lynch disposed of all the Shares at 228p per Share on 13 June 2006.

4. Resultant Shareholdings

Following the acquisitions detailed above, Messrs Green, Lynch and Ramis are
interested in Shares as shown below:

NAME                           NUMBER OF SHARES           PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED 
                                                                 SHARE CAPITAL
Gary Green                              541,834                        0.0251%
Andrew Lynch                            798,149                        0.0370%
Miguel Ramis                            290,440                        0.0135%


ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC            [phone]
Investors/Analysts:          Andrew Martin 
Media:                       Charlotte Mulford


Website:
www.compass-group.com


Notes to Editors:

Compass Group is the world's largest foodservice company with annual revenue of
c. £11 billion. Compass Group has some 400,000 employees working in more than 90
countries around the world.



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