Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1131J

Premier Foods plc

27 March 2018

 

Premier Foods plc (the Company)

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated

The Company announces that, on 27 March 2018, the following PDMRs exercised options to purchase ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. Each option was granted under the Company's Sharesave Plan and vested on 1 December 2017. The Company received notification of the transactions on 27 March 2018.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Option price per share	Number of shares acquired and retained
Gavin Darby	Chief Executive Officer	10,404	34.6p	10,404
Mark Hughes	Procurement & Central Operations Director	10,404	34.6p	10,404
Alex Whitehouse	Managing Director, UK	10,404	34.6p	10,404
David Wilkinson	HR & Communications Director	10,404	34.6p	10,404

The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

27 March 2018

ENQUIRIES:

For further information please contact:

Andrew McDonald
General Counsel & Company Secretary

[phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Gavin Darby
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Foods plc
b)	LEI	213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 34.6p 10,404
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Hughes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Procurement & Central Operations Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Foods plc
b)	LEI	213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 34.6p 10,404
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Alex Whitehouse
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Managing Director, UK
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Foods plc
b)	LEI	213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 34.6p 10,404
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	David Wilkinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	HR & Communications Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Premier Foods plc
b)	LEI	213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 34.6p 10,404
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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