Publication of Prospectus
Premier Foods plc
07 August 2006
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
PREMIER FOODS PLC
PUBLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS IN RESPECT OF INTERIM RESULTS
Following the publication of the prospectus relating to Premier Foods plc
('Premier' and, together with its subsidiary undertakings, the 'Group') dated 27
July 2006 (the 'Prospectus') in relation to the proposed raising of gross
proceeds of approximately £458.5 million by way of a one for one rights issue at
a price of 185 pence per New Ordinary Share (the 'Rights Issue') and the related
acquisition of Campbell's UK (as defined in the Prospectus), Premier announces
that a supplementary prospectus (the 'Supplementary Prospectus') is expected to
be posted to shareholders later today for the purposes of disclosing the
unaudited consolidated interim results of the Group for the six months ended 1
July 2006, which were announced today.
Copies of the Supplementary Prospectus will be available for inspection during
usual business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
excepted) from the date of publication of the Supplementary Prospectus until
Admission, which is expected to be on 15 August 2006, at the registered office
of Premier Foods plc at Premier House, Centrium Business Park, Griffiths Way,
St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 2RE. Alternatively, copies of the Supplementary
Prospectus can be requested from Lloyds TSB Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing,
West Sussex BN99 6DA. Copies of the Supplementary Prospectus will be made
available free of charge upon request.
Copies of the Supplementary Prospectus have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25
The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.
Definitions used in the announcement made by the Company on 27 July 2006 shall
have the same meanings when used in this announcement, unless the context
requires otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
Premier: 01727 815 850
Robert Schofield, Chief Executive
Paul Thomas, Finance Director
Robert Lawson, M&A and Investor Relations Director
Gwyn Tyley, Investor Relations Manager
Rothschild: 020 7280 5000
Akeel Sachak
Alexis Masters
Robert Plowman
Spayne Lindsay: 020 7808 3240
Tom Lindsay
Chris Packe
Merrill Lynch International: 020 7996 1000
Peter Tracey
Chris Snoxall
Peter Brown
Hoare Govett Limited: 020 7678 8000
Ranald McGregor-Smith
Jeremy Thompson
Citigate Dewe Rogerson: 020 7638 9571
Michael Berkeley
Sara Batchelor
Justin Griffiths
This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of,
Premier.
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as sponsor and lead
financial adviser to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and the
Acquisition and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to customers of N M Rothschild & Sons
Limited, or for advising any such person on the contents of this announcement or
any other transaction, arrangement or matter referred to herein.
Spayne Lindsay & Co. LLP, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as financial adviser to
the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and the Acquisition and will not
be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to customers of Spayne Lindsay & Co. LLP, or for advising
any such person on the contents of this announcement or any other transaction,
arrangement or matter referred to herein.
Merrill Lynch International, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as joint broker and joint
underwriter to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and will not be
responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to customers of Merrill Lynch International, or for advising any such
person on the contents of this announcement or any other transaction,
arrangement or matter referred to herein.
Hoare Govett Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by
the Financial Services Authority, is acting as joint broker and joint
underwriter to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and will not be
responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections
afforded to customers of Hoare Govett Limited, or for advising any such person
on the contents of this announcement or any other transaction, arrangement or
matter referred to herein.
This press announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to acquire New Ordinary Shares and/or Provisional Allotment Letters
and/or Nil Paid Rights and/or fully-paid rights and/or to take up any
entitlements. The offer to acquire New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the proposed
Rights Issue will be made solely on the basis of information contained in the
Prospectus published in connection with the Rights Issue.
The information contained in this announcement is not for release, publication
or distribution to persons in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or the
Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction where doing so may constitute
a violation of local securities laws. This announcement is not an offer of
securities for sale into the United States. The New Ordinary Shares have not
been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the United States
absent registration or an exemption from registration. The New Ordinary Shares
have not been and will not be registered with any regulatory authority of any
state within the United States. There will be no public offer of securities in
the United States.
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