Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9601B

Premier Foods plc

28 February 2011

 



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:	24 February 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	25 February 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares	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	122,888,274	122,888,274	2,256,175	2,256,175	119,249,599	0.09	4.97
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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
121,505,774	5.07%

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 Bernstein Indirect 5,817,175 0.242582 Alliance Capital Management Indirect 15,726,600 0.655816 AXA Financial, Inc Indirect 89,314,293 3.724499 AXA IM UK Direct 2,256,175 0.094085 AXA IM UK Indirect 8,391,531 0.349936 Total Direct 2,256,175 0.09408 Total Indirect 119,249,599 4.97283 TOTAL 121,505,774 5.06692

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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