Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9123Z

Premier Foods plc

22 March 2012

 

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Sharesi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			PREMIER FOODS PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				YES
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				NO
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				NO
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				NO
Other (please specify):				NO
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		WP X INVESTMENTS I LTD
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		22 MARCH 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 MARCH 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		17%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

1p ordinary GB00B01QLV45

402,813,619

402,813,619

411,313,619

411,313,619

17.15%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

411,313,619

17.15%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
WP X Investments I Ltd. (411,313,619 shares) is a wholly owned subsidiary of WP X Investments II Ltd. WP X Investments II Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of WP X (as defined below). Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, "WP X"), are private equity funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"). Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X LP"), is the general partner of WP X.  Warburg Pincus X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP X LLC"), is the general partner of WP X LP.  Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP Partners"), is the sole member of WP X LLC. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership, is the managing member of WP Partners.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01727 815850

 

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