Director/PDMR Shareholding

Premier Foods plc

27 March 2024

 

Premier Foods plc

(the "Company")

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

The Company announces that, the following PDMRs exercised options to purchase ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, today. The options were granted under the Company's Sharesave Plan in December 2020 and vested on 1 February 2024.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Option price per share	Number of shares acquired and retained
Alex Whitehouse	Chief Executive Officer	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Duncan Leggett	Chief Financial Officer	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Yilmaz Erceyes	Chief Marketing Officer	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Mark Hughes	Procurement & Central Operations Director	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Richard Martin	Chief Customer Officer	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Simon Rose	General Counsel & Company Secretary	7,531	71.70p	7,531
Paul Thompson	Operations Director	7,531	71.70p	7,531
David Wilkinson	Human Resources Director	7,531	71.70p	7,531

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

27 March 2024

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	Alex Whitehouse
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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Duncan Leggett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial 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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Yilmaz Erceyes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Marketing 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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Martin
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Customer 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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Rose
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	General Counsel & Company Secretary
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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Thompson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
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	Human Resources 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 2020
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		71.70p	7,531
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	27 March 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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