Transaction in Own Shares

Compass Group PLC
20 June 2006


                               Compass Group PLC

                    Purchase of own shares for cancellation


Compass Group PLC announces that on 20 June 2006 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 241.4039 pence per share from Morgan
Stanley .

Enquiries

Justin Besley           Compass Group PLC                 01932 573 000



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