Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3047W

Compass Group PLC

27 July 2009

 



27 July 2009

COMPASS GROUP PLC

 DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Compass Group PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 24 July 2009 three of its directors increased their shareholdings or those of their connected persons in the Company by the purchase of ordinary shares as set out below: 

Name	No of shares
Sir Roy Gardner,  Chairman*	10,000
Richard Cousins, Group Chief Executive	50,000
Andrew Martin,  Group Finance Director	20,000

* Shares registered in the name of R.A.G. Associates Limited.

As a result of these transactions, Sir Roy Gardner, Richard Cousins and Andrew Martin are interested in shares in the Company as shown below:

Name	No of shares	Percentage of issued share capital
Sir Roy Gardner	223,878	0.0120%
Richard Cousins	783,046	0.0423%
Andrew Martin	452,822	0.0245%

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

[phone]

Investors/Analysts: Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Media: Chris King, Group Head of Media Relations

Note to Editors

Compass Group is the world's leading foodservice company. We specialise in providing food, vending and related services on our clients' premises and we generated annual revenues of around £11 billion in the year to 30 September 2008. The company operates across the following core sectors of Business and Industry (B&I), Defence, Offshore & Remote Site, Healthcare, Education, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio. For more information visit www.compass-group.com.  

 

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