REG-Compass Group PLC Director/PDMR ShareholdingReleased: 14/09/2009
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Compass Group PLC
14 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 14 September 2009, Didier Coutte, a PDMR, who is responsible for the Group's
French, Japanese and Australasian businesses, exercised 201,850 share options at
an option price of 316.10p per Share and disposed of all the resulting Shares at
355.0099p per Share. The share options were granted to Mr Coutte 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 Coutte is interested in Shares as
shown below:
NAME NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL
Didier Coutte 632,127 0.0341%
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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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