REG-Compass Group PLC Director/PDMR ShareholdingReleased: 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%
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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.
This information is provided by RNS
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