Barr(A.G.) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5759B)

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RNS Number : 5759B

Barr(A.G.) PLC

17 June 2016

17 June 2016

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

A.G.BARR plc ("the Company") was notified on 17 June 2016 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G.BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan ("AESOP") on 15 June 2015. The AESOP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to receive allocations of free ordinary shares ("free shares").

The AESOP Corporate Nominee acquired 225,759 ordinary shares from the All-Employee Share Ownership Plan Trust at a total price of GBP1,158,143.67. The shares were allocated by the AESOP Corporate Nominee to employees participating in the AESOP as free shares.

The following directors were each allocated 701 free shares as participants in the AESOP, for no consideration:

 
 Name             Role 
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 Roger White      Chief Executive 
                   Officer 
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 Stuart Lorimer   Finance Director 
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 Jonathan         Commercial Director 
  Kemp 
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 Andrew Memmott   Supply Chain 
                   Director 
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This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

Julie A. Barr

Company Secretary

A.G.BARR p.l.c.

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