Director/PDMR Shareholding

19 March 2014

Notification of Directors' Interests

Pursuant to the Company's obligations under paragraph 3.1.4R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, BBA Aviation plc hereby notifies the following dealings in BBA Aviation plc ordinary shares of 29 16/21 pence that were notified to the Company on 18 March 2014:

1 Simon Pryce (Group Chief Executive) and Mark Hoad (Group Finance Director) received a conditional share award on 7 March 2011 under the BBA 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The performance condition attaching to this conditional share award was recently tested and 44% of the award vested on 18 March 2014.

The following conditional award shares, being the number of shares net of applicable tax, were released at nil cost in accordance with the Plan Rules:

Director Number of shares

Simon Pryce 61,378

Mark Hoad 15,577

2 Simon Pryce and Mark Hoad received a conditional share award and a matching award on 15 March 2011 under the Company's 2006 Deferred Bonus Plan. The conditional share awards were made in respect of the compulsorily deferred element of the 2010 annual bonus payment. The forfeiture provision attached to the conditional share awards lifted on 15 March 2014. The performance condition attaching to the matching award was recently tested and 36.7% of the matching award vested on 18 March 2014.

The following conditional award shares and matching award shares, being the number of shares net of applicable tax, were released in accordance with the Plan Rules. The matching award shares were released at nil cost.

Director Conditional award shares Matching award shares

Simon Pryce 61,860 21,905

Mark Hoad 30,111 10,663

3 Simon Pryce and Mark Hoad received a matching award on 15 March 2011 under the Company's 2006 Deferred Bonus Plan. The matching awards were made in respect of the voluntarily deferred element of the 2010 annual bonus payment. The performance condition attaching to the matching award was recently tested and 36.7% of the matching award vested on 18 March 2014.

6,609 shares, being the number of shares (net of applicable tax) subject to the matching award, were released to Simon Pryce at nil cost in accordance with the Plan Rules and the related beneficial interests in 18,915 shares (16,651 of which he was allocated on 16 March 2011; and 2,264 of which were received through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan) were released to him by the trustees of the BBA Group Employee Share Trust.

4,290 shares, being the number of shares (net of applicable tax) subject to the matching award, were released to Mark Hoad at nil cost in accordance with the Plan Rules and the related beneficial interests in 10,807 shares which he was allocated on 16 March 2011 were released to him by the trustees of the BBA Group Employee Share Trust.

4 Subsequent to the release of the conditional award shares and matching award shares Simon Pryce sold 85,332 shares at a consideration of 334.1 pence per share on 18 March 2014.

5 Subsequent to the release of the conditional award shares and matching award shares Mark Hoad sold 35,723 shares at a consideration of 334.1 pence per share on 18 March 2014

Mark Hoad received an award of 40,269 unapproved options on 23 May 2005 under the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan at an option price of 298.75 pence per share. On 18 March 2014 Mark Hoad waived his rights to these options in return for the Company settling in cash the difference between the option price and the market price of 333.4 pence per share on the date the Agreement was executed. Mr Hoad received £13,949.74.

Mr Pryce's total beneficial holding before this notification was 991,823, and as a result of the transaction set out above is 1,058,243 shares.

Mr Hoad's total beneficial holding before this notification was 189,183, and as a result of the transaction set out above is 214,101 shares.