Re Share Subscription

Compass Group PLC
30 September 2002


Compass Group PLC (the Company) announces that on 30 September 2002, Ogier
Employee Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust
No 2 (the Trust), subscribed for 33,347 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares).

The Shares were subscribed at 292.5p per Share, being the middle market
quotation of a Share on 27 September 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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