Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1041W

Premier Foods plc

22 July 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of Companies
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	20 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Premier Foods Plc	107,088,416	107,088,416	17,610,768	17,610,768	115,713,530	0.73%	4.83%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
133,324,298	5.56%

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

Name of the Company/Fund Number of Shares % of issued Share capital Alliance Capital Management Direct 7,690,400 0.32070 AXA Direct 4,227,753 0.17630 AXA Financial, Inc Indirect 110,851,495 4.62262 AXA IM UK Direct 5,692,615 0.23739 AXA IM UK Indirect 4,652,035 0.19399471 AXA Rosenberg Indirect 210,000 0.01 Total Direct 17,610,768 0.73439 Total Indirect 115,713,530 4.82537 TOTAL 133,324,298 5.55976

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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 & Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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