Director/PDMR Shareholding

COMPASS GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces the following changes in the interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares"):

On 27 July 2016 Mr Ruiz Plaza, a PDMR and Managing Director of the Group's Latin American businesses, exercised an option which was granted in 2013 and which resulted in the acquisition and disposal of 9,529 Shares by way of net settlement. The option price of the 2013 award was 878 pence per Share and the Shares were sold at £14.732434 per Share.

Following this exercise, Mr Ruiz Plaza's shareholding remains unaltered at 64,746 Shares representing 0.0005799% of the Company's issued share capital.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

+44 (0)1932 573000

Investors/Analysts: Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Sandra Moura, Head of Investor Relations

Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015. It operates in over 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 5 billion meals every year. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio.