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Compass Group PLC

26 November 2015

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 85% of the Total Shareholder Return, 78% of the Adjusted Free Cash Flow and 74% of the Return on Capital Employed performance conditions in the three years ended 30 September 2015, awards made on 12 February 2013 under The Compass Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2010 ("LTIP") vested at 79% and the following Shares were released and issued on 25 November 2015:

 
 Name              Director    Number of shares        Number of 
                    / PDMR              awarded    Shares vested 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Dominic 
  Blakemore        Director              92,664           73,203 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Richard 
  Cousins          Director             248,517          196,327 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Gary Green        Director             142,728          112,754 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Andrew Martin     Director             125,481           99,128 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Andrew Furlong    PDMR                  84,771           66,968 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Philippe 
  Op de Beeck      PDMR                  55,692           43,995 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Johnny Thomson    PDMR                  11,841            9,352 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Mark White        PDMR                  69,306           54,750 
----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------------- 
 

The Shares noted below were sold on 25 November 2015 at 1107.3513 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              33,623 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 Richard Cousins                89,995 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 Gary Green                     52,455 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 Andrew Martin                  45,439 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 Andrew Furlong                 33,865 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 Mark White                     25,097 
-------------------  ----------------- 
 

A further 106,332 Shares were disposed by Mr Cousins, 60,299 Shares by Mr Green, 53,689 Shares by Mr Martin, 28,147 Shares by Mr Furlong and 14,852 Shares by Mr White, all at the same time and at the same price, 1107.3513 pence per Share.

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 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Dominic Blakemore             100,546                 0.00612 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Richard Cousins             1,515,815                 0.09222 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Gary Green                    365,819                 0.01313 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Andrew Martin                 500,000                 0.03042 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Andrew Furlong                176,913                 0.01076 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Philippe Op 
  de Beeck                      90,431                 0.00550 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Johnny Thomson                 47,635                 0.00290 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 Mark White*                   325,121                 0.01978 
-------------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 

*The amount of 325,121 Shares above are registered in the name of Mrs M B White.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

+44 (0)1932 573000

   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 GBP17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015. 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, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio.

This information is provided by RNS

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