Director/PDMR Shareholding

Premier Foods plc
08 May 2006


Premier Foods plc

8 May 2006

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL 
RESPONSIBILITIES


We wish to notify the following, in accordance with Rules 3.1.4(1)(a) and 3.1.4
(1)(b) of the Disclosure Rules.


On 5 May 2006 the nil cost options set out in column (2) of the table below were
granted by the trustee of the Premier Foods plc Employee Benefit Trust to the
directors set out in that table under the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan.  Under
the Deferred Bonus Plan participants are required to defer 50% of their gross
annual bonus into shares.  The options, over ordinary shares of 1p each in the
Company, are to be satisfied by the transfer of existing shares and are
exercisable between 4 May 2009 and 4 May 2016.  The options are not subject to
performance conditions.  In each case the grant of the options was for nil
consideration.



Following the granting of these options, the total number of ordinary shares of
1p each in the Company over which the directors concerned hold options is set
out in column (3) of the table below.

(1) Name of Director           (2) 2006 deferred bonus    (3) Total options/
                                   options granted            LTIPs

Robert Schofield                   15,813                     1,320,467
Paul Thomas                        11,594                     783,932


Enquiries
Andrew Astin, tel: [phone]
Premier Foods plc





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