Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Compass Group PLC

14 September 2009

 



COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

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 pence each in the share capital of the Company ('Shares').

Share Option Exercise

On 14 September 2009, Didier Coutte, a PDMR, who is responsible for the Group's French, Japanese and Australasian businesses, exercised 201,850 share options at an option price of 316.10p per Share and disposed of all the resulting Shares at 355.0099p per Share.   The share options were granted to Mr Coutte on 29 September 1999 under the Compass Group 1999 Executive Share Option Plan and were exercisable by him from 29 September 2002 until 28 September 2009, after which time they would have lapsed if unexercised.

Following the transaction detailed above, Mr Coutte is interested in Shares as shown below:

NAME	NUMBER OF SHARES	PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL
Didier Coutte	632,127	0.0341%

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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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