Transaction in Own Shares

Compass Group PLC

19 January 2024

 

	LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
	COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company") TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
	The Company announces that on 18 January 2024 it purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at its 2023 Annual General Meeting held on 9 February 2023, a total of 156,000 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares"), through the Company's broker, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, as detailed below. The purchased Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury and are expected to be used to meet obligations arising from employee share schemes, or other allocations of Ordinary Shares, to employees or directors.
	Venue Number of Ordinary Shares purchased Highest price paid (per Ordinary Share) Lowest price paid (per Ordinary Share) Volume weighted average price paid (per Ordinary Share) CBOE BXE 28,707 £21.7700 £21.5500 £21.6915 CBOE CXE 18,873 £21.7800 £21.5100 £21.6825 London stock exchange 88,230 £21.7800 £21.4300 £21.6768 AQUIS 455 £21.7300 £21.7300 £21.7300 Turquoise 19,735 £21.7700 £21.5100 £21.6970
	The purchases form part of the Company's market equivalent of $250 million (being £197.34 million as at 1 December 2023) share buyback announced on 4 December 2023, which is the initial stage of the Company's $500 million share buyback announced on 20 November 2023 to be completed in 2024 subject to M&A activity.
	Following the above purchases, the Company holds 76,670,659 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 1,708,733,318 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,708,733,318 Ordinary Shares and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
	In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (as in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by BNP Paribas Financial Markets on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.
	This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
	Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
	Issuer Name	Compass Group PLC
	LEI	2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
	ISIN	GB00BD6K4575
	Intermediary Name	BNP Paribas Financial Markets
	Intermediary	6EWKU0FGVX5QQJHFGT48
	Timezone	UTC
	Currency	GBP
	Please click on the link below to see the transactions. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2158A_1-2024-1-18.pdf
	Enquiries   Investors:                  Agatha Donnelly & Helen Javanshiri                           [phone] Press:                        Giles Robinson                                                             [phone] Website:                    www.compass-group.com

 

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