Statement re Commitment Plan

Compass Group PLC
15 August 2002




Compass Group PLC (the Company) announces that on 15 August 2002, Ogier Employee
Benefit Trustee Limited, as Trustee of the Compass Group Employee Trust No 2
(the Trust), subscribed for 28,463 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares).

The Shares were subscribed at 296p per Share, being the middle market quotation
of a Share on 14 August 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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