REG-Compass Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding

Released: 11/09/2009

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RNS Number : 9292Y  
  
Compass Group PLC  
  
11 September 2009  
  
COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING  
  
Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces the following changes in the 
interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility 
("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of the Company 
("Shares").  
  
Share Option Exercise  
  
On 11 September 2009, Miguel Ramis, a Person Discharging Managerial 
Responsibility, who is responsible for the majority of the Group's European 
businesses, exercised 183,500 share options at an option price of 316.10p per 
Share and disposed of all the resulting Shares at 354.1361p per Share. The share 
options were granted to Mr Ramis on 29 September 1999 under the Compass Group 
1999 Executive Share Option Plan and were exercisable by him from 29 September 
2002 until 28 September 2009, after which time they would have lapsed if 
unexercised.  
  
Following the transaction detailed above, Mr Ramis is interested in Shares as 
shown below:  
  
 
  NAME           NUMBER OF SHARES   PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL  
  Miguel Ramis   548,076            0.0296%                             
  
  
ENDS  
  
Enquiries:  
  
Compass Group PLC  
  
+44 (0)1932 573000  
  
Investors/Analysts: Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary  
  
Media: Chris King, Group Head of Media Relations  
  
Note to Editors  
  
Compass Group is the world's leading foodservice company. We specialise in 
providing food, vending and related services on our clients' premises and we 
generated annual revenues of around £11 billion in the year to 30 September 
2008. The company operates across the following core sectors of Business and 
Industry (B&I), Defence, Offshore & Remote Site, Healthcare, Education, Sports & 
Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio. For more information 
visit www.compass-group.com.    
  
 
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