http://www.lse.co.uk/ PFD Financial Share News Feed - London South East en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:38 GMT 2007 London South East http://www.lse.co.uk/rss/ 15 By Paul Sandle and Neil Maidment LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - British group Premier Foods said Chief Executive Michael Clarke had resigned, after 18 months trying to streamline the debt-laden maker of Hovis bread, a surprise departure that hit its shares on concern over its turnaround plan http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=a5qkksd2mkc96br Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:50:06 GMT LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Britain's Premier Foods PLC stepped down on Monday after 18 months trying to streamline the debt-laden maker of Hovis bread, sending its shares tumbling as investors wondered if the turnaround plan was faltering. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=bfi2xjmkgzzobza Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:33:20 GMT LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC, the maker of Hovis bread and Mr Kipling cakes, appointed Gavin Darby as chief executive on Monday, replacing Michael Clarke who steps down after less than 18 months in the role. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=9r7mmh017pmzd4r Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:05:18 GMT LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Appointment of gavin darby as chief executive officer to continue http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=ip4hgo336qgzmmr Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:24:38 GMT Financial Times Headlines MORGAN STANLEY TO AXE 1,600 JOBS http://link.reuters.com/jyh25t http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=h9r7nkpvng0r3jt Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:53:59 GMT LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Premier Foods renews cadbury cake licence to boost growth http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=cgjx5medbx1ul5s Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:22:12 GMT LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal of hain celestial shares * Premier Foods announces disposal of hain celestial shares for £32.0M http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=esleh3wnyckho7x Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:24:47 GMT LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Premier Foods is to cut around 900 jobs in its bread division as part of a shake up that will close two bakery sites and four distribution operations at Britain's biggest food producer. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=nznlcdk7z3yu885 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:42:44 GMT LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * To close two bakery sites in Greenford and Birmingham during the course of http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=fx6udk1xko0qeez Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:23:57 GMT Nov 2 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Investec raises target price to 125p from 100p; rating buy http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=5z21rnbtj4smkt4 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:06:44 GMT Oct 30 (Reuters) - Premier Foods Plc said it sold its pickles and sauces business, including the Branston brand, for 92.5 million pounds ($148.22 million) to Japan's Mizkan Group, as part of its effort to trim debt, sending its shares up 8 percent. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=omewu2keofp5eb1 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:13:18 GMT LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Conditional sale of sweet pickles and table sauces business to the mizkan http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=dqzf4f5zfzwclu4 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:35:35 GMT LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Appointment of chief operating officer * Geoff Eaton appointed chief operating officer http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=9lvvg44a2ljho70 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:34:49 GMT LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Office Of Fair Trading: * Considers divestment remedy in vinegars merger http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=0yash6xph6u9ils Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:51:03 GMT Sept 5 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Investec cuts Premier Foods price target to 100p from 110p; rating http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=j8brrw4xqb845kz Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:43:25 GMT (Corrects deal value currency in first bullet and spelling of 'of' in paragraph five) * Brands sold for 200 mln stg http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=avwbgxnxiuq8qy0 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:29:20 GMT * Brands sold for $200 mln stg * Deal to add 25 cents to Hain's EPS in 2013 (Adds analyst comments, details, background; updates share movement) http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=zdzuzakupaiyqb9 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:17:03 GMT (Repeats Aug 22 story to add ticker for Premier Foods Plc) Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hain Celestial agreed to acquire some of the top packaged grocery brands of Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods Plc for 200 million pounds ($316.07 million) in a cash and stock deal. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=98m8soqkgv2f21n Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:05:08 GMT (Adds financial advisor to Hain Celestial) Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hain Celestial agreed to acquire some of the top packaged grocery brands of Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods Plc for 200 million pounds ($316.07 million) in a cash and stock deal. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=qkb80j4fyx7lyoa Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:03:21 GMT Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hain Celestial agreed to acquire some of the top packaged grocery brands of Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods Plc for 200 million pounds ($316.07 million) in a cash and stock deal. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=r0xidsrtolu8i45 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:59:44 GMT Aug 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Premier Foods Plc would sell its sweet spreads and jellies business to U.S.'s Hain Celestial Group Inc for 200 million pounds ($316.07 million), its third sale of business this year. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=z8m131093k7327g Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:13:18 GMT LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Agrees to sell sweet spreads and jellies business to the hain celestial group http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=temhhym5wy3dopi Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:30:55 GMT LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Agrees to sell sweet spreads and jellies business to the hain celestial group http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=sj6e2eq7ebcj4qh Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:30:55 GMT Aug 8 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * SocGen cuts target price to 50P from 100P ; rating sell http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=wbgm2rw4k7kn6ou Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:50:49 GMT LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Completes sale of its vinegar and sour pickles business to the Mizkan Group for 41 million stg http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=2ecln1cdigsypti Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:27:33 GMT LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Associated British Foods said on Friday it had picked up flour brand Elephant Atta from Premier Foods for 34 million pounds ($53 million) to boost its range of ethnic products. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=hniednaon2mc64t Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:49:08 GMT LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Sells elephant atta ethnic flour business to associated British foods for £34 million http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=325oecf6s4deh02 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:29:55 GMT LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Associated British Foods PLC: * Assoc British foods - acquisition http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=al07q0y4uguznp5 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:22:02 GMT June 15 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Panmure raises Premier Foods to hold from sell http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=vobkukx92o20j7b Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:01:44 GMT LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Britain's Premier Foods agreed to sell its vinegar and sour pickles unit, including the famous Sarsons vinegar brand, to Japan's Mizkan as part of an ongoing bid to turn around its struggling business by getting rid of non-core assets. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=nn5j0tvjaw4ano6 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:54:34 GMT LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Reaches agreement to sell vinegar, sour pickles business to mizkan for £41 http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=1pvn7vzfutlqg7f Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:20:12 GMT LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Premier Foods chairman to step down ((London Equities Newsroom; +44 20 7542 7717)) http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=rtx7u9hbp3nc928 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:47:24 GMT May 23 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Panmure raises Premier Foods price target to 90P from 60P; rating http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=7b7am60b2b4m0hx Wed, 23 May 2012 18:37:43 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) April 11 - Overview -- In our view, U.K.-based Packaged Foods Producer Premier Foods faces http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=4iy8ci7l4cceeia Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:11:30 GMT April 4 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Citigroup raises Premier Foods PLC price target to 20P from 5P; http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=5eb56o7ki9dnalr Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:41:51 GMT March 27 (Reuters) - Premier Foods plc * Moody's Withdraws Premier Foods' rating (Bangalore Ratings Team, Hotline: +91 80 4135 5898 swati.ray@thomsonreuters.com,Group id:BangaloreRatings@thomsonreuters.com,Reuters Messaging: swati.ray.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net) http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=t56p2m768zbr44w Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:05:07 GMT March 26 (Reuters) - Premier Foods plc * Moody's downgrades Premier Foods to B3 from B2; negative outlook http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=a7jirwdvkgx7apj Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:39:01 GMT March 14 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Credit Suisse raises Premier Foods PLC price target to 12P from 8P; http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=yx6bjbz98ig083h Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:06:03 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) March 13 - Premier Foods' announcement on Monday that it has received unanimous consent for its refinancing scheme resolves one of the key concerns that Fitch had at the time of the last downgrade to 'B+' with a Negativ http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=kmdcptx5cj81j32 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:13:56 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) March 02 - Fitch Ratings has observed that winners and losers are emerging amongst European packaged food producers, given the protracted weakness in European economies. This is despite packaged food typically being seen http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=cfhrl2ibysq0yqe Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:34:44 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) -- We have revised our assessment of the financial risk profile of U.K. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=aunvhu9fs86uyai Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:57:12 GMT Financial Times BERLIN READY TO SEE STRONGER 'FIREWALL' Germany is open to boosting the firepower of the euro zone's http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=97ogiyoauhhqthb Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:22:40 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Jan 19 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Premier Foods plc's http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=uxpe0gj57f09iat Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:31:48 GMT By David Jones LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Premier Foods Plc is looking to sell its Hartley's jams and Haywards pickles businesses for more than 200 million pounds ($308 million) to help meet its borrowing rules and secure its survival, sources with knowledge of the situation sa http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=i82amq2v6mt5hwu Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:21:24 GMT By David Jones LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Premier Foods Plc is looking to sell its Hartley's jams and Haywards pickles businesses for more than 200 million pounds ($308 million) to help meet its borrowing rules and secure its survival, sources with knowledge of the situation sa http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=kvi5ipcu6q9ult7 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:59:22 GMT LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods is looking to sell its Hartley's jams and Haywards pickles businesses for over 200 million pounds ($308 million) to help meet its borrowing rules and secure the company's survival, sources with knowledge of the situation said http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=ehgtgtymb8rfsae Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:23:56 GMT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Dec 20 - Fitch Ratings will release a new 15-minute 'ClearThinking for Investors' podcast examining current trends in the European high-yield and leveraged finance markets at 15:00 GMT today. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=02lzof2pone6jh5 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:50:26 GMT LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods said on Thursday it had agreed to sell four of its Irish food brands for 41.4 million euros ($53.9 million) as part of its strategy to cut debt and prevent a breach of its financial covenant with its banks. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=2dqk6tdh8z1uefr Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:26:06 GMT LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Premier Foods PLC: * Disposal * Reaches agreement to sell brookes avana to 2 sisters food group for £30 http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=ajgcph3tdqrpbpg Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:06:55 GMT LONDON, NOV 25 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods said Mark Moran would replace Jim Smart as chief financial officer and executive director early next month. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PFD&ArticleCode=rq2woceai81kpdd Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:46:14 GMT