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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