Compass Group Regulatory News (CPG)

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC

Annual Report 2020 AND Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021

Compass Group PLC (the Company) released its preliminary announcement of annual results for the year ended 30 September 2020 (Annual Results Announcement) on 24 November 2020. Further to the Annual Results Announcement, the Company confirms that the Annual Report 2020, Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 (the Notice) and Form of Proxy have today been published.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company will be held on Thursday 4 February 2021 at 10.00am. Due to the current UK Government restrictions on public gatherings and associated social distancing measures in response to COVID-19, and to ensure that we protect the health and safety of our shareholders, directors and people, the Company's AGM will be a closed meeting, held at the Company's registered office. Neither shareholders nor their proxies (other than the Chairman of the Meeting) will be able to attend in person and anyone attempting to do so will be refused entry.

The Company will ensure that the legal requirements to hold the AGM are met by the attendance of a minimum number of director shareholders and/or employee shareholders. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) will be included in the poll to be taken at the AGM.

As shareholders cannot attend in person, we strongly encourage them to vote in advance by appointing the Chairman as their proxy. This is likely to be the only practical way that shareholders will be able to exercise their vote at the AGM. Our registrar, Link Asset Services, must receive online or postal proxy appointments and voting instructions by 10.00am on Tuesday 2 February 2021 at the latest to ensure that the vote is counted.

Although shareholders and proxies will not be able to attend in person, we consider the AGM to be an important part of our shareholder engagement and to ensure that we retain shareholder transparency we have arranged an electronic facility which enables shareholders to participate in the Meeting online. More details of how to join the Meeting can be found on the Company's website and on page 16 of the Notice. 

In compliance with rule 6.3.5(3) of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules the following documents can be downloaded in pdf format from the Company's website at www.compass-group.com:

● Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2020

● Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on 4 February 2021

● Form of Proxy

In accordance with rule 9.6.3 of the Listing Rules, copies of the above documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, contact:

Alison Yapp Tel: +44 (0)1932 573000

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Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is a world leading food service company. 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. Every day we provide food to millions of people around the world. Food is not only our core competence it is our passion. Our people are the foundation of our business enabling us to deliver world class services to our clients and consumers every day.