REG - Compass Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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08/11/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 4385L  Compass Group PLC  08 November 2024

LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

 

The Company announces that on 7 November 2024 it purchased, in accordance with
the authority granted by shareholders at its 2024 Annual General Meeting held
on 8 February 2024, a total of 60,625 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence
each (the "Ordinary Shares"), through the Company's broker, J.P. Morgan
Securities plc, 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)
 London Stock Exchange  60,625                               £26.4400                                 £25.9300                                £26.1447

The purchases form part of the Company's market equivalent of $250 million
(being £196.7 million as at 18 June 2024) share buyback announced on 21 June
2024, which is the second, and final, stage of the Company's $500 million
share buyback announced on 20 November 2023.

 

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 89,636,499 Ordinary Shares in
treasury and has 1,695,767,478 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total
number of voting rights in the Company is 1,695,767,478 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 J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company as part of
the share buyback 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  J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 Intermediary Code  JPMSGB2L
 Timezone           UTC
 Currency           GBP

 

Please click on the link below to see the transactions.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4385L_1-2024-11-7.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4385L_1-2024-11-7.pdf)

 

Enquiries

 

 Investors:  Agatha Donnelly & Helen Javanshiri      +44 (0) 1932 573 000

 Website:    www.compass-group.com

 

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