SABMiller plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

SABMiller plc gives notice of the following transactions under paragraph 3.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

On 3 December 2012 Catherine May, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility, was granted:

(1)        share options over a total of 25,000 SABMiller plc US$0.10 ordinary shares at an exercise price of £28.2750 per share, of which 1,061 share options were granted under the Company's Approved Executive Share Option Plan 2008 and 23,939 share options were granted under the Company's Executive Share Option Plan 2008;

(2)        a provisionally allocated nil cost award over 12,500 ordinary shares under the Company's Executive Share Award Plan 2008, the release of which is subject to testing against the Company's three-year adjusted earnings per share growth; and

(3)        a provisionally allocated nil cost incremental award under the Company's Executive Share Award Plan 2008 over 25 shares for each £10 million of additional shareholder value created, defined as the amount by which the growth in the Company's market capitalisation plus net equity cash flows exceeds the median growth of a weighted peer group index, over a five year performance period.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Bill Warner: 01483 264268

Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification

John Davidson, General Counsel & Group Company Secretary

4 December 2012