Barr(A.G.) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1373Z)

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RNS Number : 1373Z

Barr(A.G.) PLC

08 December 2014

A.G. BARR p.l.c.

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMR) OR CONNECTED PERSONS

A.G. BARR p.l.c. ("the Company") was notified on 08 December 2014 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 5 December 2014. The AESOP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 4 p each, using deductions from salary in each pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").

The AESOP trust acquired 6,949 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 5 December 2014 at a total cost of GBP40,999.10 and allocated them to employees participating in the AESOP.

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 4 set out against their names below, at a price of GBP5.90 per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below:

 
 Name              Role                     Number of ordinary   Number of matching 
                                             shares purchased     shares 
                   Chief Executive 
 Roger White        Officer                 25                   9 
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 Jonathan Kemp     Commercial Director      26                   9 
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 Andrew Memmott    Supply Chain Director    26                   9 
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This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

Julie Barr

Company Secretary

A.G. BARR p.l.c.

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