Transaction in Own Shares

Compass Group PLC
19 October 2023
 

LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

 

The Company announces that on 18 October 2023 it purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at its 2023 Annual General Meeting held on 9 February 2023, a total of 350,000 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares"), through the Company's broker, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, as detailed below. The purchased Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury and are expected to be used to meet obligations arising from employee share schemes, or other allocations of Ordinary Shares, to employees or directors.

 

Venue

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Highest price paid (per Ordinary Share)

Lowest price paid (per Ordinary Share)

Volume weighted average price paid (per Ordinary Share)

Aquis Exchange

 44,245

20.6400

20.5200

20.5675

CBOE BXE

 67,733

20.6700

20.5300

20.5817

CBOE CXE

 49,749

20.6700

20.5300

20.5744

London Stock Exchange

 160,159

20.6800

20.5200

20.5629

Turquoise

 28,114

20.6700

20.5200

20.5786


The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 10 May 2023.

 

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 71,752,670 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 1,713,651,307 Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,713,651,307 Ordinary Shares and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (as in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.

 

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Issuer Name

Compass Group PLC

LEI

2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

ISIN

GB00BD6K4575

Intermediary Name

Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Intermediary Code

BARCGB91

Timezone

UTC

Currency

GBP

 

Please click on the link below to see the transactions.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5821Q_1-2023-10-18.pdf

 

Enquiries

 

Investors:

Agatha Donnelly & Helen Javanshiri

+44 (0) 1932 573 000

Press:  

Giles Robinson

+44 (0) 1932 963 486

Website:

www.compass-group.com


 

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