Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3600R

Premier Foods plc

11 September 2014

 



TR-1:          Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1:   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Premier Foods PLC GB00B7N0K053

2:    Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying Premier Foods PLC 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:	Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	N/A
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold        is crossed or reached):	9 September 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 September 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 10%

8:    Notified Details
A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB00B7N0K053
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
89,938,932		89,938,932
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
81,443,053	N/A	81,443,053	N/A	9.887%

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
81,443,053	9.887%

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

Schroder & Co. Limited                                  315,900          0.038% Schroder Investment Management Limited       81,127,153     9.849%

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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.  This disclosure has been calculated based on an issued share capital amount of 823,704,905
14. Contact name:	Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01727 815 850

 

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