Re Share Subscription

Compass Group PLC
10 June 2002


Compass Group PLC (the Company) announces that on 7 June 2002, Ogier Employee
Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust No 2
(the Trust), subscribed for 11,826 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares).

The Shares were subscribed at 431p per Share, being the middle market quotation
of a Share on 6 June 2002. Following this acquisition, the Trustee distributed
all the shares to satisfy participants' entitlements under the Compass Group
Commitment Share Plan (the Commitment Plan).

Following the distribution of these shares, no shares are held by the Trustee. 




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