Barr(A.G.) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6388P)

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RNS Number : 6388P

Barr(A.G.) PLC

09 June 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 9 June 2015 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 5 June 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 7,407 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 5 June 2015 at a total cost of GBP45,627.12 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 GBP6.16 per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below:

 
 Name              Role                   Number of          Number of            Number of 
                                           ordinary shares    ordinary matching    ordinary shares 
                                           purchased          shares               purchased 
                                                                                   with dividend 
                                                                                   re-investment 
----------------  ---------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ----------------- 
                   Chief Executive 
 Roger White        Officer               25                 8                    - 
----------------  ---------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ----------------- 
 Jonathan Kemp     Commercial Director    25                 8                    - 
----------------  ---------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ----------------- 
                   Supply Chain 
 Andrew Memmott     Director              25                 8                    242 
----------------  ---------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ----------------- 
 

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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