Director/PDMR Shareholding

Compass Group PLC
30 July 2007


30 July 2007


                               COMPASS GROUP PLC

                   NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS

Compass Group PLC (the 'Company') confirms that the following directors of the
Company have today increased their shareholdings in the Company through the
purchase of ordinary shares at a purchase price of 314.7414 pence each per share
in the market.

Details of their individual purchases are shown in the table below, together
with their resultant shareholdings.
                                                                 Percentage
                         Total number of       Resultant          of Issued
Name of Director         Shares Acquired    Shareholding      Share Capital 
----------------------   ---------------    ------------      -------------

Sir Roy Gardner,              25,000          175,000             0.009%
Chairman

Richard Cousins,              50,000          200,000             0.010%
Group Chief Executive

Andrew Martin,                20,000          155,027             0.008%
Group Finance Director

Steve Lucas,                   1,000            1,000           0.00005%
Non-Executive Director


Further Information:

Compass Group PLC
[phone]


Investors/Analysts:              Andrew Martin, Group Finance Director
Media:                           Chris King, Group Head of Media Relations


www.compass-group.com




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