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) |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
Yes |
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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 |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
no |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
no |
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Other (please specify): |
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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): |
24 April 2014 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
28 April 2014 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Above 11% |
8: Notified Details |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code |
GB00B7N0K053 |
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
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24,024,331 |
24,024,331 |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Percentage of |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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91,625,457 |
N/A |
91,625,457 |
N/A |
11.125% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ conversion period/date |
No. of voting rights that may be acquired |
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 |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial |
Exercise |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting rights
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Nominal |
Delta |
N/A |
N/A |
Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
91,625,457 |
11.125% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
Cazenove Capital Management Limited 320,400 0.039%
Schroder Investment Management Limited 91,305,057 11.086% |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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N/A |
13. Additional information:
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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 issued share capital amount 823,607,761
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14. Contact name:
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Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary |
15. Contact telephone number:
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01727 815 850 |