Last checked at 27 Mar 2018 15:00
Premier Foods plc (the Company)
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated
The Company announces that, on 27 March 2018, the following PDMRs exercised options to purchase ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. Each option was granted under the Company's Sharesave Plan and vested on 1 December 2017. The Company received notification of the transactions on 27 March 2018.
Name | Title | Number of options exercised
| Option price per share | Number of shares acquired and retained |
Gavin Darby
| Chief Executive Officer | 10,404 | 34.6p | 10,404 |
Mark Hughes
| Procurement & Central Operations Director | 10,404 | 34.6p | 10,404 |
Alex Whitehouse
| Managing Director, UK | 10,404 | 34.6p | 10,404 |
David Wilkinson | HR & Communications Director | 10,404 | 34.6p | 10,404 |
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
27 March 2018
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 | Gavin Darby | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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 the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan | ||||
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 | 27 March 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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 the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan | ||||
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 | 27 March 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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 the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan | ||||
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 | 27 March 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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 the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan | ||||
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 | 27 March 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||