Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9756V

Premier Foods plc

04 June 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Premier Foods plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	No
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached	No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights	No
Other (please specify):______________	Yes
Amended notification clarifying that although Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited acts in the capacity as sub-advisor to underlying funds and managed accounts with shareholdings in Premier Foods Plc, Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC acts in the capacity as discretionary investment manager to these underlying funds and managed accounts and retains full voting powers and instruction rights over the shareholdings in Premier Foods Plc.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Bank of New York London JP Morgan Chase London
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	29 May 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3 June 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code Ordinary shares of 1p each  GB00B01QLV45	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
			52,080,015		52,080,015		6.17%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
		Not Applicable

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
52,080,015	6.17%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Suzanne Wise General Counsel and Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	+ (0)1727 815850

 

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