Director / PDMR Shareholding

Name

No. of Options Granted Over Ordinary 25p Shares of Dairy Crest Group plc

Mark Allen

9,831

Tom Atherton

6,455

Adam Braithwaite

2,973

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Allen

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR (Chief Executive)

b)

Initial notification/

amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Dairy Crest Group plc

b)

LEI

213800NPR9YDSBO86U08

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares

ISIN: GB0002502812

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant to Mr Allen of 7,809 nil cost options relating to the value in Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares of the 2017/2018 interim dividend (calculated by reference to the closing mid-market price on 4 January 2018) on share options initially granted to Mr Allen in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 under the Dairy Crest Group plc Long Term Alignment Plan and in 2012 & 2014 under the Dairy Crest Group plc Long Term Incentive Share Plan and grant to Mr Allen of 2,022 nil cost options under the Company's statutory SAYE-Share Save Scheme.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

d)

Aggregated information

N/A (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

2018-01-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London, outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Tom Atherton

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR (Group Finance Director)

b)

Initial notification/

amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Dairy Crest Group plc

b)

LEI

213800NPR9YDSBO86U08

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares

ISIN: GB0002502812

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant to Mr Atherton of 2,411 nil cost options relating to the value in Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares of the 2017/2018 interim dividend (calculated by reference to the closing mid-market price on 4 January 2018) on share options initially granted to Mr Atherton in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 under the Dairy Crest Group plc Long Term Alignment Plan and in 2012 under the Dairy Crest Group plc Long Term Incentive Share Plan and grant to Mr Atherton of 4,044 nil cost options under the Company's statutory SAYE-Share Save Scheme.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

d)

Aggregated information

N/A (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

2018-01-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London, outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Adam Braithwaite

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR (Group Commercial Director)

b)

Initial notification/

amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Dairy Crest Group plc

b)

LEI

213800NPR9YDSBO86U08

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares

ISIN: GB0002502812

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant to Mr Braithwaite of 951 nil cost options relating to the value in Dairy Crest Group plc Ordinary 25p shares of the 2017/2018 interim dividend (calculated by reference to the closing mid-market price on 4 January 2018) on share options initially granted to Mr Braithwaite in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 under the Dairy Crest Group plc Long Term Alignment Plan and grant to Mr Braithwaite of 2,022 nil cost options under the Company's statutory SAYE-Share Save Scheme.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

d)

Aggregated information

N/A (single transaction)

e)

Date of the transaction

2018-01-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London, outside a trading venue