Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4060R

Barr(A.G.) PLC

08 March 2016

 

A.G. BARR p.l.c.

 

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

A.G. BARR p.l.c. ("the Company") was notified 8 March 2016 that the following transactions took place in relation to the A.G. BARR All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP) on 7 March 2016.  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 4⅙p each, using deductions from salary in each pay period, and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares ("matching shares").

The AESOP trust acquired 7,994 ordinary shares by purchase in the market on 7 March 2016 at a total cost of £44,366.70 and allocated them to employees participating in the AESOP.

The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities purchased the number of ordinary shares of 4⅙ set out against their names below, at a price of £5.55 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 ordinary matching shares
Roger White	Chief Executive Officer	27	9
Stuart Lorimer	Finance Director	27	9
Jonathan Kemp	Commercial Director	27	9
Andrew Memmott	Supply Chain Director	27	9

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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