Barr(A.G.) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7918B)

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RNS Number : 7918B

Barr(A.G.) PLC

09 January 2015

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 09 January 2015 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 8 January 2015. 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 7,950 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 8 January 2015 at a total cost of GBP46,905.00 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 
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                   Chief Executive 
 Roger White        Officer                 26                   8 
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 Jonathan Kemp     Commercial Director      25                   8 
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 Andrew Memmott    Supply Chain Director    25                   8 
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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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