LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
COMPASS GROUP
PLC (the "Company")
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
The Company announces that on 24 July 2024 it
purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders
at its 2024 Annual General Meeting held on 8 February 2024, a total
of 38,944 of its ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each (the
"Ordinary Shares"), through
the Company's broker, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, 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)
|
London Stock Exchange
|
38,944
|
£22.9500
|
£22.6600
|
£22.9047
|
The purchases form part of the Company's market
equivalent of $250 million (being £196.7 million as at 18 June
2024) share buyback announced on 21 June 2024, which is the second,
and final, stage of the Company's $500 million share buyback
announced on 20 November 2023.
Following the above purchases, the Company holds
85,033,067 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 1,700,370,910
Ordinary Shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting
rights in the Company is 1,700,370,910 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 J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company as part of
the share buyback 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
|
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
|
Intermediary Code
|
JPMSGB2L
|
Timezone
|
UTC
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
Please click on the link below to see the
transactions.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7294X_1-2024-7-24.pdf
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