Barr(A.G.) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5614O)

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RNS Number : 5614O

Barr(A.G.) PLC

09 February 2016

A.G. BARR p.l.c.

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

A.G. BARR p.l.c. ("the Company") was notified 9 February 2016 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 5 February 2016. 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 7,579 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 5 February 2016 at a total cost of GBP39,164.48 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 GBP5.1675 per ordinary share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of matching shares set out against their names below:

 
 Name           Role                Number         Number of 
                                     of ordinary    ordinary 
                                     shares         matching 
                                     purchased      shares 
-------------  ------------------  -------------  ---------- 
                Chief Executive 
 Roger White     Officer            29             9 
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 Stuart 
  Lorimer       Finance Director    29             10 
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 Jonathan       Commercial 
  Kemp           Director           29             9 
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 Andrew         Supply Chain 
  Memmott        Director           29             9 
-------------  ------------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

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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