Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1756O

Barr(A.G.) PLC

08 October 2012

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 8 October 2012 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 5 October 2012. 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 4⅙p each, using deductions from salary in each pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").

The AESOP trust acquired 7,473 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 5 October 2012 at a total cost of £33,628.50 and allocated them to employees participating in the AESOP.

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 4⅙ set out against their names below, at a price of £4.50 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	28	9
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	28	9
Andrew Memmott	Operations Director	28	10
Alex Short	Finance Director	28	9