Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1259Q

Compass Group PLC

24 November 2016

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces the following changes in the interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").

1. Long Term Incentive Plan Release

Following satisfaction of 100% of the Total Shareholder Return, 92.7% of the Adjusted Free Cash Flow and 60.7% of the Return on Capital Employed performance conditions in the three years ended 30 September 2016, awards made on 29 November 2013 under The Compass Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2010 ("LTIP") vested at 84.5% and the following Shares were released and issued on 23 November 2016:

Name	Director / PDMR	Number of shares awarded	Number of Shares vested
Dominic Blakemore	Director	78,090	65,959
Richard Cousins	Director	209,436	176,902
Gary Green	Director	121,620	102,727
Johnny Thomson	Director	45,180	38,161
Robin Mills	PDMR	7,048	5,405
Alfredo Ruiz Plaza	PDMR	8,674	6,652
Mark van Dyck	PDMR	18,534	14,215
Mark White	PDMR	58,404	49,331

The Shares noted below were sold on 23 November 2016 at 1353.0862 pence per Share in order to realise sufficient funds to settle resultant tax and social security liabilities arising from such issue:    

Name	Number of Shares sold
Dominic Blakemore	30,381
Richard Cousins	81,480
Gary Green	48,020
Johnny Thomson	5,796
Robin Mills	2,495
Alfredo Ruiz Plaza	1,797
Mark White	22,821

A further 35,578 Shares were disposed by Blakemore, 95,422 Shares by Mr Cousins, 54,707 Shares were disposed by Mr Green and 26,510 Shares by Mr White, all at the same time and at the same price, 1353.0862 pence per Share.  Messrs Thomson, Mills and Ruiz Plaza retained their balancing Shares consisting of 32,365, 2,910 and 4,855 Shares respectively.

Resultant Shareholdings

Following the transactions detailed above, total interests in Shares for the Directors and PDMRs noted above are as shown below:

Name	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Share Capital (excl. Treasury Shares)
Dominic Blakemore	100,546	0.00612
Richard Cousins	1,215,815	0.07401
Gary Green	265,819	0.01618
Johnny Thomson	129,008	0.00785
Robin Mills	2,495	0.00015
Alfredo Ruiz Plaza	69,601	0.00423
Mark van Dyck1	28,439	0.00173
Mark White2	325,121	0.01979

1.     28,439 Shares held in the name of Smartequity EIS Pty Ltd, beneficial ownership remains with

Mr van Dyck.

  2.    325,121 Shares held in the name of Mrs M B White.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

[phone]

Investors/Analysts:         Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary

                                         Sandra Moura, Head of Investor Relations

Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £19.6 billion in the year to 30 September 2016.  It operates in over 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 5 billion meals every year.  The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

 

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