Last checked at 29 May 2015 15:08
Premier Foods plc (the "Company")
Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
The Company announces that on 27 May 2015, the following PDMR exercised an award over 331,911 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan ("RSP"). The PDMR then sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 27 May 2015 at a price of 40.98p per share. The Company received notification of the transaction on 28 May 2015.
Name | Title | Number of RSP award shares exercised
| Number of shares sold | Number of shares retained | Shareholding following transaction |
Mark Vickery
| Information Systems & Change Director | 331,911 | 156,313 | 175,598 | 272,106 |
The RSP enables awards to be made to senior management who are not executive directors of the Company. The RSP award was granted in the form of a nil cost option.
This announcement is in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R and relates to transactions notified to the Company in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R.
29 May 2015
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