COMPASS GROUP PLC: DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS
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 5/8 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").
Long-Term Incentive Plan: 2016/17 Award
On 23 November 2016, an award was made under The Compass Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2010 ("Plan") to the Directors and PDMRs detailed below:
| Name | Director or PDMR | Number of Shares Under Conditional Award |
| Richard Cousins | Director | 196,980 |
| Dominic Blakemore | Director | 96,528 |
| Gary Green | Director | 137,271 |
| Johnny Thomson | Director | 86,724 |
| Robin Mills | PDMR | 28,278 |
| Alfredo Ruiz Plaza | PDMR | 38,460 |
| Mark van Dyck | PDMR | 48,696 |
| Mark White | PDMR | 46,380 |
The number of Shares shown is the maximum available if the corporate performance conditions for the period, which commenced on 1 October 2016 and ends on 30 September 2019, are satisfied in full. There will be no retesting of the award.
Under the Plan rules, participants may become entitled to Shares if the Company satisfies stringent corporate performance targets based upon Total Shareholder Return relative to companies in the FTSE 100 index (excluding its financial services constituents), Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Return on Capital Employed; each target relating to one third of an award.
Following shareholder approval to amendments to the Plan rules at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 5 February 2015, Messrs Cousins, Blakemore, Green and Thomson are required, as Directors of the Company, subject to the Plan rules, to hold any Shares arising from the vesting of this award for a period of two years from any such vesting.
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 £19.6 billion in the year to 30 September 2016. 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, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.