Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3921B

Britvic plc

26 October 2009

Britvic plc

26 October 2009

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

Britvic plc ("the Company") was notified on 26 October 2009, that the following transactions took place in relation to the Britvic Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 23 October 2009. 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 25,892 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 23 October 2009 at a total cost of £94,871.01 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 £3.61 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	31	20
John Gibney	Executive Director	31	20
Alan Beaney	PDMR	32	20
Doug Frost	PDMR	32	20
Murray Harris	PDMR	31	20
Andrew Richards	PDMR	32	20
Martin Rose	PDMR	32	20
Simon Stewart	PDMR	32	20