Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1590S

Barr(A.G.) PLC

13 May 2009

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

A.G.BARR plc ('the Company') was notified on 12 May 2009 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G.BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 11 May 2009. 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 25p each, using deductions from salary in each pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ('matching shares').

The AESOP trust acquired 1,045 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 8 May 2009 at a total cost of £13,532.75 and allocated them to employees participating in the AESOP as matching shares.

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 25p set out against their names below, at a price of £12.95 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 shares purchased	Number of matching shares
Roger White	Chief Executive Officer	10	2
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	10	3
Andrew Memmott	Operations Director	10	4
Alex Short	Finance Director	10	3