Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3993V

Barr(A.G.) PLC

11 January 2012

 



A.G. BARR p.l.c.

 

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

A.G. BARR p.l.c. ("the Company") was notified on 10 January 2012 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 9 January 2012.  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 1,866 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 9 January 2012 at a total cost of £22,821.18 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 £12.23 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	10	3
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	10	3
Andrew Memmott	Operations Director	10	4
Alex Short	Finance Director	10	4

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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