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Premier Foods plc (the Company)
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated
The Company announces that on 2 October 2017 the following awards over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares") vested under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan (RSP). The awards were granted in the form of conditional awards as part of the Company's annual management incentive plan. Each PDMR sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 6 October 2017 at a price of 39.832p, with the balance of shares being retained.
Name | Title | Number of Shares acquired on vesting of RSP award | Number of Shares sold to cover tax | Number of Shares retained |
Jette Andersen | Managing Director, International | 63,157 | 30,571 | 32,586 |
Mark Hughes | Procurement & Central Operations Director | 82,888 | 40,121 | 42,767 |
Andrew McDonald | General Counsel & Company Secretary | 78,744 | 38,115 | 40,629 |
Alex Whitehouse | Managing Director, UK
| 96,641 | 46,777 | 49,864 |
David Wilkinson | HR & Communications Director | 71,586 | 34,651 | 36,935 |
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
11 October 2017
ENQUIRIES:
For further information please contact:
Andrew McDonaldGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1727 815 850
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Jette Andersen | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Managing Director, International | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Foods plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67 | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Mark Hughes | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Procurement & Central Operations Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Foods plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67 | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Andrew McDonald | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | General Counsel & Company Secretary | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Foods plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67 | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Alex Whitehouse | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Managing Director, UK | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Foods plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67 | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | David Wilkinson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | HR & Communications Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Foods plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67 | ||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
5
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following vesting of RSP Award | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||