Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3967Z
Premier Foods plc
21 September 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:


AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of Companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):



5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


17 September 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


21 September 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


Indirect holding crossed 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

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Premier Foods Plc

 135,444,172

 135,444,172

 17,569,097


17,569,097 

 

124,144,759


0.73% 


5.18% 

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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

141,713,856

5.91%


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

123,143,259

5.13520

AXA IM UK


Direct

5,650,944

0.23565

AXA IM UK


Indirect

987,500

0.04117978

AXA Rosenberg


Indirect

14,000

0.000583815




Total Direct

17,569,097

0.73265

Total Indirect

124,144,759

5.17697

TOTAL

141,713,856

5.90962




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:


 +44 (0) 1727 815 850



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