Compass Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4226O)

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RNS Number : 4226O

Compass Group PLC

08 February 2016

COMPASS GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

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

On 8 February 2016 Mr Robin Mills, a PDMR and Group Human Resources Director, exercised an option over 24,600 Shares. The Shares were acquired at 627.00 pence each per Share on 17 May 2012. All Shares resulting from such exercise were sold on 8 February 2016 at 1203.6766 pence each per Share.

Following this exercise, Robin Mills' shareholding remains unaltered at NIL Shares.

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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 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.

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