Director/PDMR Shareholding

17 May 2013

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 16 May 2013:

1 Simon Pryce (Group Chief Executive) and Mark Hoad (Group Finance Director) received an approved conditional share award on 5 March 2010. The approved conditional share award has three elements: a conditional award and a linked award, each made under the BBA 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and approved share options made under the BBA 2006 UK Share Option Plan (the "Approved Option Plan"). The performance condition attaching to this approved conditional share award was recently tested and 67.7% of the award vested on 16 May 2013.

The following linked award shares were released at nil cost in accordance with the Plan Rules and subsequently sold at a consideration of 272.25 pence per share on 16 May 2013:Director Number of shares

Simon Pryce 7,460

Mark Hoad 7,460

The funds from the sale were used to exercise the following approved options at an option price of 163.43 pence per share:

Director Number of shares

Simon Pryce 12,427

Mark Hoad 12,427

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 105,248

Mark Hoad 17,339

2 Simon Pryce and Mark Hoad received a matching award on 16 March 2010 under the Company's 2006 Deferred Bonus Plan. The performance condition attaching to this matching award was recently tested and 75% of the matching award vested on 16 May 2013.

47,718 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 74,634 shares (70,826 of which he was allocated on 16 March 2010; and 3,808 of which were received through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan) were released to him by the trustees of the BBA Group Employee Share Trust. 

6,281 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 9,324 shares which he was allocated on 16 March 2010 were released to him by the trustees of the BBA Group Employee Share Trust.

3 Subsequent to the release of the approved conditional award shares and matching award shares Simon Pryce sold 82,697 shares at a consideration of 272.25 pence per share on 16 May 2013.

On 17 May 2013 the Company was notified that Judith Harper (wife of Michael Harper, Chairman) sold 20,965 shares at a consideration of 272.6 pence per share on 17 May 2013.

Mr Harper's total beneficial interest before this notification was 170,965, and as a result of the transaction set out above is 150,000 shares.

Mr Pryce's total beneficial holding before this notification was 973,282, and as a result of the transaction set out above is 1,055,978 shares.

Mr Hoad's total beneficial holding before this notification was 153,136, and as a result of the transaction set out above is 189,183 shares.