Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8793G

Barr(A.G.) PLC

09 February 2010

 



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

A.G.BARR plc ("the Company") was notified on 9 February 2010 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G.BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 8 February 2010.  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 12.5p each, using deductions from salary in each pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").

The AESOP trust acquired 2,440 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 8 February 2010 at a total cost of £19,812.80 and allocated them to employees participating in the AESOP as partnership shares.

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 12.5p set out against their names below, at a price of £8.12 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	15	5
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	15	5
Andrew Memmott	Operations Director	16	6
Alex Short	Finance Director	15	5

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

Julie Barr

Company Secretary

A.G.Barr p.l.c.

 

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