LEI: 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
Compass Group PLC (the "Company") announces the following changes in the interest of a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").
Restricted Share Award (RSA) release:
Following satisfaction of the associated performance conditions, 8,712 RSA Shares were released to Venkatesh Shantaram, a PDMR on 3 June 2019.
4,127 Shares were subsequently sold to cover resultant tax and social security liabilities, with a balance of 4,585 Shares being retained by Mr Shantaram.
Following this transaction Mr Shantaram has a shareholding of 10,200 Shares equating to 0.0006 percent of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).
The following notification has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation in respect of the above:
| NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Venkatesh Shantaram | |||||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | PDMR | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/ | Initial notification | |||||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Compass Group PLC | |||||||||
| b) | LEI | 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68 | |||||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 11 1/20 pence each in Compass Group PLC ("Shares")
GB00BD6K4575 | |||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Release of a Restricted Share Award on 3 June 2019 and subsequent sale for tax and social security purposes | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume
Price
Total |
4,127
£17.83
£73,584.41 | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 3 June 2019 | |||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | 1) Outside a trading venue (award release) 2) London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON (sale) | |||||||||
ENDS
Enquiries:
Compass Group PLC
+44 (0)1932 573000
Investors/Analysts:
Alison Yapp, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Kate Postans, Interim Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs Director
Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is the world's leading food service company, which generated annual revenues of £23.2 billion in the year to 30 September 2018. It operates in around 45 countries, employs and engages around 600,000 people and serves over 5.5 billion meals a year. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.