Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0081C

Premier Foods plc

12 June 2019

 

Premier Foods plc (the "Company")

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

The Company announces that on 11 June 2019, the following PDMR exercised an award over 187,793 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan ("RSP"). The PDMR then sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 11 June 2019 at a price of 33.55p per share.

Name	Title	Number of RSP award shares exercised	Number of shares sold	Number of shares retained
David Wilkinson	Human Resources & Communications Director	187,793	88,443	99,350

The RSP enables awards to be made to senior management who are not executive directors of the Company. The RSP award was granted in the form of a nil cost option.

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

ENQUIRIES:

For further information please contact:

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

[phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	David Wilkinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Human Resources & 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") in the capital of Premier Foods plc ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 187,793
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
5	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") in the capital of Premier Foods plc ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 33.55p 88,443
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	11 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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