Stmt. re Portuguese Business

Compass Group PLC
26 March 2007


                                              12:00 hrs - Monday 26th March 2007


'Last month our Portuguese business, Eurest (Portugal) Sociedade Europeia
Restaurantes LDA, was visited by the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) as
part of an investigation into possible past breaches of competition law by our
Portuguese business and other caterers in the sector. The PCA investigation
relates to a part of our Portuguese catering business which services mainly
public sector contracts. We are cooperating fully with the PCA's ongoing
investigation and the Board believes that any financial impact of the matters
under investigation in Portugal will not be material to the Group. Portuguese
turnover for the year ended 30 September 2006 was £90 million (132 million
euros). It is likely that the investigation will take several months to complete
and we do not intend to make any further comment until the outcome of the
investigation is known.'


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