Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4927Y

Britvic plc

07 July 2008

 



Britvic plc

7 July 2008

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

Britvic plc ('the Company') was notified on 7 July 2008, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Britvic Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') on 4 July 2008. The SIP 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 20p each, using deductions from salary in each 4-week pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ('matching shares').

1. The SIP trust acquired 37,157 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 4 July 2008 at a total cost of £99, 450.12 and allocated them to employees participating in the SIP as matching shares. 

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 20p set out against their names below, at a price of £2.64 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
Paul Moody	Executive Director	43	28
John Gibney	Executive Director	43	28
Alan Beaney	PDMR	44	28
Doug Frost	PDMR	44	28
Andrew Richards	PDMR	44	28
Martin Rose	PDMR	44	28
Simon Stewart	PDMR	44	28

2. Dividend Reinvestment Plan 

Pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('DRIP') offered to shareholders of the Company whose names appeared on the register of members as at 30 May 2008, the following person discharging managerial responsibility acquired shares on 4 July 2008 at a price of £2.66.

Name	Role	Number of ordinary shares purchased Under the('DRIP')	Total Holding following this notification
Doug Frost	PDMR	1240	94,110*

* Holding includes total shares acquired to date for PDMR's own account and those acquired on behalf of the PDMR by the Trustee of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'). 

This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

John Price

Company Secretary

Britvic plc

 

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