Offer Update

Compass Group PLC
30 May 2001



            FINAL RESULT OF COMPASS GROUP'S PUBLIC PURCHASE OFFER
                              FOR SELECTA GROUP
                                      
   Compass Group PLC holds or has received valid acceptances in respect of
                   99.9 per cent. of Selecta Group shares


On  26  March  2001, Compass Group PLC ('Compass Group') published a public
purchase offer (the  'Offer') for all publicly held outstanding  registered
shares in Selecta Group ('Selecta'). Compass Group offered CHF 540.- net per
registered share of Selecta with a nominal value of CHF 50.- each.

By expiry of the additional acceptance period on 29 May 2001, Compass Group   
had  received  valid  acceptances with regard  to  1'597'149  Selecta shares  
representing 95.9 per cent. of the shares to which the Offer extended. Taking 
into  account  the  Selecta shares which Compass  Group  held  prior to the   
publication of the Offer and the own shares held in treasury by Selecta,
Compass Group now holds, or has received valid acceptances in respect of,
Selecta shares representing approximately 99.9 per cent. of the capital and 
voting rights of the company.                                                 

The Offer price will be paid on 1 June 2001 for Selecta shares notified for
acceptance during the additional acceptance period.

Schroder Salomon Smith Barney is acting as financial adviser to Compass Group.
UBS Warburg is acting as financial adviser to Compass Group in respect of the
Offer. Compass Group has also commissioned UBS AG for the technical handling
of the Offer.

For further information please contact:
Cathi Lawrence, Corporate Communications Director
Nick Lyon, Hudson Sandler

This announcement is issued by and is the responsibility of Compass Group the
contents  having been approved solely for the purposes of section 57  of  the
Financial  Services  Act  1986  by  Salomon  Brothers International Limited
(trading as Schroder Salomon Smith Barney).



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