All matters relating to the administration of shareholdings should be directed to Capita Registrars, Northern House, Woodsome Park, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield HD8 0GA, telephone within the UK: Freephone 0800 280 2545 and from overseas: +44 20 7763 0041; email: ssd@capitaregistrars.com.
Shareholders can register online to view their Compass Group PLC shareholding details using the Share Portal, a service offered by Capita Registrars. This service can be accessed at www.capitashareportal.com. Shareholders registering for the Share Portal will require their investor code which is shown on share certificates and on the Form of Proxy accompanying this Report. The service enables shareholders to do all of the following:
If you would like to receive a copy of the Annual Report in an alternative format such as large print, Braille or an audio version on CD, please contact the Group Company Secretariat at Compass Group PLC, Compass House, Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 9BQ.
The Company can, at shareholders’ request, send shareholders an email notification each time a new shareholder report or other shareholder communication is placed on its website. This enables shareholders to read and/or download the information at their leisure. Shareholders can still request paper copies of the documents if they so wish.
To encourage shareholders to convert to e-communications, the Company will arrange for a tree to be planted in the UK for each shareholder who chooses to receive all future communications electronically. There are no particular software requirements to view these documents, other than those described and available on our website at www.compass-group.com.
The provision of a facility to communicate with shareholders electronically does not discriminate between registered shareholders of the same class. The facility is available to all registered shareholders on equal terms and participation is made as simple as possible. Please note that it is the shareholder’s responsibility to notify our Registrars (through www.capitashareportal.com or by post) of any change to their email address. Before electing for electronic communication, shareholders should ensure that they have the appropriate computer capabilities. The Company takes all reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in any communication it sends out, but cannot accept any responsibility for loss or damage arising from the opening or use of any email or attachments from the Company and recommends that shareholders subject all messages to virus checking procedures prior to use. Please note that any electronic communication sent by a shareholder to the Company or the Registrar containing a computer virus will not be accepted.
The Company’s obligation is satisfied when it transmits an electronic message. It cannot be held responsible for a failure in transmission beyond its control. In the event that the Company becomes aware that an electronic transmission is not successfully transmitted, a paper notification will be sent to the shareholder at their registered address. Shareholders wishing to continue to receive shareholder information in the traditional paper format should take no action, or may confirm this via the www.capitashareportal.com website.
Holders of ordinary shares can have cash dividends paid in the form of a cheque. UK resident ordinary shareholders can instead have their dividends paid directly to a bank or building society account. Ordinary shareholders resident outside the UK can also have their dividends paid into their bank account directly via the Company’s Registrars’ global payments service. Details and terms and conditions may be viewed at www.capitashareportal.com.
The Company has introduced a DRIP service, provided by Capita IRG Trustees Limited. The DRIP allows eligible shareholders to use the whole of their cash dividend to buy additional shares in the Company, increasing their shareholding. Additional information, including details of how to sign up, can be obtained from the Company’s website at www.compass-group.com and from Capita IRG Trustees Limited, telephone within the UK: Freephone 0800 280 2545 and from overseas: +44 20 7763 0041; email: shares@capitaregistrars.com.
The latest date for receipt of new applications to participate in respect of the 2009 final dividend is 4 February 2010.
Rethink how you receive shareholder communications and join the increasing number of our shareholders who are choosing to receive communications electronically rather than in printed form, helping us to reduce the impact on the environment and to save costs.
As a ‘thank you’ we will dedicate a tree in your name if you opt to receive electronic shareholder communications. Compass Group is working with The CarbonNeutral Company on this project.
