Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5113S

Barr(A.G.) PLC

07 November 2013

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 7 November 2013 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 7 November 2013. 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 6,247 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 7 November 2013 at a total cost of £32,578.11 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 £5.215 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	24	8
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	24	8
Andrew Memmott	Supply Chain Director	24	8
Alex Short	Finance Director	24	8