Britvic plc
14 March 2011
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
Britvic plc ("the Company") was notified on 14 March 2011, that the following transactions have taken place in relation to the Britvic Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 11 March 2011. 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 trustees have allocated 27,498 ordinary shares of 20p each to employees participating in the SIP as Matching Shares. These shares were allotted to the SIP on 4 February 2011 at nominal value (£5,499.60).
2. 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 £3.84 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 |
30 |
19 |
John Gibney |
Executive Director |
30 |
19 |
Alan Beaney |
PDMR |
31 |
19 |
Doug Frost |
PDMR |
30 |
19 |
Murray Harris |
PDMR |
30 |
19 |
Andrew Richards |
PDMR |
31 |
19 |
Martin Rose |
PDMR |
31 |
19 |
Simon Stewart |
PDMR |
30 |
19 |
This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.
Emma Thomas
Company Secretary
Britvic plc