Final Results - Year Ended 29 January 2000

Barr(A.G.) PLC
29 March 2000

                    A.G. BARR p.l.c.
                            
                   Preliminary Results
            For the year to 29th January 2000
                            
A.G. Barr p.l.c., the Scottish based manufacturer of soft
drinks including the popular Irn-Bru, Tizer and Orangina
brands, announces its preliminary results today:

Key Points:

*    Turnover up 3% to £110 million (1999: £106.9m)

*    Profit before tax £12,096k  (1999: £11,991k)
     Underlying profit up by £718k or 6.2%, if adjustment
     is made for two abnormal factors of a property sale
     and redemption of Bank loan.
  
*    Final dividend of 12.25p, total for the year 19.60p
     a 7.4% increase over the previous year.

*    Irn-Bru volume performance increased by 8% overall
     across the UK.

*    Promotional investment over the Festive Season
     showing positive results with brands recording a 
     year-on-year increase in market share in December.

Commenting on the results Robin Barr, Executive  Chairman
said:   'Given the market place within which  we  operate
and  the competition from our major competitors, progress
in  terms  of  market share within the UK  is  likely  to
remain   a  hard  fought  prize.   We  remain  convinced,
however,  that  the continuing investment in  our  brands
will  produce for A.G. Barr the optimum long-term  growth
in relation to both turnover and profits.'


For further information:

A.G. Barr
Robin Barr, Chairman or
Iain Greenock, Finance Director     Tel: [phone]

Buchanan Communications:
Tim Thompson/Nicola Cronk           Tel: [phone]

Chairman's Statement
Review of Results

Profit  on  ordinary activities before taxation  for  the
year to 29th January 2000 was £12.1 million compared with
£12.0  million for the previous year.  There was  however
an  underlying improvement in profit of £718,000 or  6.2%
if  adjustment  is  made  for  two  abnormal  factors   -
comprising  profits of £380,000 on the sale of properties
in  the  last  financial year and a  charge  of  £233,000
related to the early repayment of a bank loan in the year
to January 2000.

Turnover  for year to end January 2000 was £110  million,
an increase over the previous year of 3%.  Retailers' Own
labels now account for only 5% of total turnover and  our
continuing focus is on Barr brands where UK sales were up
4%  over  the  twelve  months.  Sales were  disappointing
during  the three months to the end of October reflecting
the  fact that the best of the summer weather in 1999 was
in the South of the UK which remains - proportionately  -
our less significant trading area.  The last three months
of  the  financial year saw a better trend in  line  with
promotional activity to which I refer below.

Our  manufacturing costs continued to reflect, during the
second half of the year, the lower sugar prices which had
resulted  from the strengthening of sterling  during  the
first  six  months and this advantage was  only  modestly
reduced  by  firmer prices for PET bottles.  Our  overall
margins  were however adversely affected during the  last
three  months  of  our  financial year  by  the  cost  of
promoting our brands during what has increasingly  become
a particularly competitive market place over each Festive
Season.   The promotional investment, although  impacting
on  the  profits  for the year, showed  positive  results
since  our  brands  enjoyed  a satisfactory  year-on-year
increase in market share during the month of December and
particularly in England where the development of  Irn-Bru
remains a prime objective.

Over  the  full financial year we achieved an encouraging
volume performance across the UK from our main brand Irn-
Bru which increased by 8% overall and by no less than 16%
in England/Wales.  This achievement should provide a firm
base for further progress in the current year.

Shareholders  will  be  pleased to note  the  substantial
improvement which has been achieved in our Balance  Sheet
at  the end of this financial year.  Our strong cash flow
enabled  us to make early repayment of our term loan  and
this has led to a significant reduction in creditors  due
after more than one year but with only a modest reduction
in net current assets.

Earnings per share on our issued share capital at  44.46p
were only marginally ahead of the 44.11p achieved in  the
previous   year  but,  bearing  in  mind  the  underlying
improvement  in this year's profits to which  I  referred
earlier,  your  Directors are able to recommend  a  final
dividend  of 12.25p per share making a total dividend  of
19.60p  for  the  year to end January 2000.   This  would
represent  an  increase of 7.4% over the  total  dividend
paid for the previous year.

Personnel

I  am  pleased to take this annual opportunity,  on  your
behalf,   to  thank  each  of  our  employees   for   the
contribution which they have made to the results which we
have announced.  Despite the modest financial improvement
over   the   previous  year,  the  Company's  performance
reflects  a high level of skill and enthusiasm  from  our
employees  within what remains a very competitive  market
place.  In particular I can confirm that, as a result  of
the  comprehensive preparatory work which was carried out
in  advance of the Millennium, we did not experience  any
business problems as we entered the year 2000.

The  first  offer  to employees under  our  1995  Savings
Related  Share Option Scheme reaches the end of its  five
year  lifespan  on 1st June 2000 and it is  your  Board's
current  intention to introduce a new offer at that  time
so that initial subscribers can continue to invest in the
Scheme.   I  believe that this is an excellent method  of
continuing to align the long term interests of  employees
with  those  of  the  Company and  shareholders  will  be
interested to note that as a result of the offers made in
1995   and   1997  there  are  currently  369   employees
participating in the Scheme which is approaching half  of
the eligible workforce.

Trading Outlook

Turnover  for the first seven weeks of the new  financial
year has been 4% more than for the same period last year.
The strength of sterling has so far continued to keep the
price  of sugar below that paid during the first half  of
last  year.   Our major packaging costs, including  cans,
have  to  date  remained stable but an  increase  in  PET
bottle prices will occur this Spring.

The  position  with regard to our franchise for  Orangina
has,  at  least  for  the immediate future,  become  more
certain  as  a  result  of  the decision  of  the  French
government last November to finally block a proposed take-
over  of  the Orangina business by The Coca-Cola Company.
We  are hopeful that Messrs Pernod Ricard, the owners  of
Orangina,  will now retain and develop the  business  and
that we can continue to play our part in that development
through  the  franchise  which we  have  held  for  Great
Britain since 1995.

KLP Soft Drinks, who commenced their operations in Moscow
in the summer of 1998 based on a franchise for two of our
brands,  continued to build their sales and  distribution
throughout  our  last  financial  year  and  are  looking
forward   to  further  expansion  this  year.   Naturally
trading margins in Russia remain particularly tight as  a
consequence  of  the  substantial  devaluation   of   the
currency since the financial crisis in August 1998.

Given  the market place within which we operate  and  the
competition from our major competitors, progress in terms
of  market share within the UK is likely to remain a hard
fought  prize.   We  remain convinced  however  that  the
continuing  investment  in our brands  will  produce  for
A.G.Barr the optimum long-term growth in relation to both
turnover and profits.


A.G. BARR p.l.c.
and its Subsidiary Companies
Consolidated profit and loss account for the year ended
29 January, 2000

The following are the unaudited results for the 12 months
to 29 January, 2000.  The Board recommends the payment of
a final dividend of 12.25p per share which if approved by
the shareholders will be posted on 6 June, 2000.
The  total distribution proposed for the year amounts  to
19.60p per share (1999 - 18.25p)

                                           Year        Year 
                                          ended       ended
                                       29.01.00    30.01.99
                                           £000        £000
                                                               
Turnover                                109,995     106,892
                                        =======     =======                    
    
Profit on ordinary activities before        
interest                                 12,210      12,303

Interest                                    114         312
                                         ------    --------
Profit on ordinary activities before       
taxation                                 12,096      11,991 

Tax on profit on ordinary activities      3,451       3,415
                                         ------    -------- 
Profit on ordinary activities after          
taxation                                  8,645       8,576 
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Earnings per share on issued share           
capital                                   44.46p     44.11p
                                          =====      ======                    
 
Basic earnings per share                  45.87p     45.55p
                                          =====      =====                     
  
Fully diluted earnings per share          44.31p     43.88p
                                          =====      =====                     
 
Dividend per share                        19.60p     18.25p
                                          =====      =====                     
  
Dividend (£000)                           3,813      3,545
                                          =====      =====
All  gains  and  losses  as  described  in  Financial  Reporting
Standard 3 (27) have been included in the profit for the year.

Note:      The  Earnings per share for the year to  30  January,
1999  have  been  restated to reflect the increase    in  issued
share  capital  during the year resulting from  a  share  option
exercise.

     Record date:                  08 May, 2000
     Ex-div date :                 02 May, 2000

A.G. BARR p.l.c.
and its Subsidiary Companies
Balance Sheets as at 29 January, 2000

                                 GROUP               COMPANY
                            2000     1999        2000      1999
                            £000     £000        £000      £000
Fixed assets                                                   
Tangible assets           40,384    40,956      40,149    40,791
Investment in                100       100         100       100
subsidiaries and                   
associated undertakings   ------    ------      ------    ------
                          40,484    41,056      40,249    40,891

Current assets                                                 
Stocks                     9,027     9,596       8,998     9,584
Debtors                   14,750    16,741      14,752    16,750
Investment                 2,228     1,745       2,228     1,745
Cash at bank               9,762     9,261       9,762     9,261
                          ------    -----      ------    ------          
                          35,767    37,343      35,740    37,340
Creditors: Due within     23,025    23,758      23,419    24,136
one year                  ------    ------      ------    ------      
    
Net current assets        12,742    13,585      12,321    13,204
                          ------    ------      ------    ------ 
Total assets less         53,226    54,641      52,570    54,095
current liabilities                     

Creditors: Due after
more than one year
Loans                          -     5,000           -     5,000
Hire purchase creditor       304     1,456         304     1,456
                          ------    ------     -------   -------
                             304     6,456         304     6,456
                          ------    ------     -------  --------
Provisions for 
liabilities and charges
Deferred credit              719       771         719       771
Deferred taxation          1,502     1,621       1,502     1,613
                          ------    ------      ------    ------
                           2,221     2,392       2,221     2,384
                          ======    ======      ======    ======               
                        
                           2,525     8,848       2,525     8,840
                          50,701    45,793      50,045    45,255
                          ======    ======     =======    ======               
 
Capital and reserves                                           
Called up share capital    4,861     4,856       4,861     4,856
Share premium reserve        859       788         859       788
Profit and loss account   44,981    40,149      44,325    39,611
                          ------    ------      ------    ------
                          50,701    45,793      50,045    45,255
                          ======   =======      ======   =======               
 

A.G. BARR p.l.c.
and its Subsidiary Companies
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 29 January, 2000
                                     2000             1999
                                £000     £000    £000      £000

Net cash inflow from                   17,675            15,356
operating activities 

Returns on investments and
servicing of finance

Interest received                207              420            
Interest paid                  (152)             (474)            
Interest element of hire       (169)             (258)            
purchase paid                  -----            ------
Net cash outflow from                                             
returns on investments and              (114)              (312)
servicing of finance

Taxation                                                          
Corporation tax paid                  (3,229)            (4,906)

Capital expenditure and
financial investment
Purchase of tangible fixed    (4,679)             (6,267)
assets 
Sale of tangible fixed
assets                           525               1,109 
                              -------             ------ 
                                      (4,154)           (5,158)
                                      -------           -------
                                      10,178             4,980

Dividends paid                        (3,616)           (4,658)
                                      -------          --------
                                       6,562               322
 
Financing
Issue of share capital            76                 75 
Capital element of hire  
purchase repaid               (1,061)              (977)
Loans repaid                  (5,053)              (105)            
                              -------            --------
                                      (6,038)           (1,007)
                                     --------          --------  
Increase/(Decrease) in cash              524              (685)
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