Board Appointment

Premier Foods plc
13 October 2006

                               Premier Foods plc.

                            APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD


Premier Foods plc is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Louise Makin to
the Board as a Non Executive Director on 13th October 2006.  She will also sit
on both the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

Dr Makin is currently Chief Executive Officer of BTG plc, an international
medical innovations company.  Prior to that she was President,
Biopharmaceuticals Europe of Baxter Healthcare, responsible for Europe, Africa,
and the Middle East.  In 2000 Dr Makin joined Baxter Healthcare as Vice
President, Strategy & Business Development Europe.  Before joining Baxter, she
was Director of Global Ceramics at English China Clay and prior to that she held
a variety of roles at ICI between 1985 and 1998.  Dr Makin holds an MA in
Natural Sciences and a PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge, and
an MBA.


For further information:

David Kappler - Chairman 01727 815850


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