24 Mar 2009 15:40
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Premier Foods plc (the "Company")
Share Interests of Directors andΒ Persons Discharging Managerial ResponsibilitiesΒ (PDMRs)Β
The Company has been notifiedΒ todayΒ that the Directors and PDMRs listed below have subscribed for and have been allotted the followingΒ ordinary shares of 1p eachΒ Β ("Shares")Β inΒ the Company, atΒ an issueΒ price of 26pΒ per Share,Β pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer and Firm PlacingΒ ("the Offer") announcedΒ by the Company on 5 March 2009.
The Offer was approved by the shareholders atΒ anΒ Extraordinary General Meeting held on Monday, 23 March 2009 andΒ theΒ Shares were unconditionally allotted andΒ admitted to trading today.
Directors:
|
Names |
No of shares taken-up under theΒ Offer |
Resulting shareholding |
% of issued share capital |
|
Robert Schofield, Chief ExecutiveΒ |
807,692 |
2,627,735 |
0.11% |
|
Paul Thomas, Finance Director |
769,231 |
1,472,031 |
0.06% |
|
Tim Kelly,Β Chief Operating Officer - Hovis |
62,500 |
112,500 |
0.01% |
|
David Kappler, Chairman |
466,902 |
840,424 |
0.04% |
|
David Felwick, Non-Executive Director |
130,965 |
235,737 |
Β 0.01% |
|
Ian McHoul, Non-Executive Director |
93,022 |
177,440 |
Β 0.01% |
|
Louise Makin, Non-Executive Director |
30,353 |
58,636 |
< 0.01% |
|
Christine Cross, Non-Executive Director |
50,366 |
90,659 |
<Β 0.01% |
|
David Beever, Non-Executive Director |
93,750 |
168,750 |
Β 0.01% |
PDMRs:
|
Names |
No of shares taken-up under the Offer |
Resulting shareholding |
% of issued share capital |
|
Brian Carlton,Β Human Resources Director |
255,751 |
460,352 |
0.02% |
|
Mark Hughes, Group Procurement Director |
70,670 |
127,206 |
0.01% |
|
Robert Lawson,Β Commercial Director Melanie Essex (Mr Lawson's wife) |
87,669 10,088 |
157,806 18,159 |
Β 0.01% < 0.01% |
|
Bob Spooner,Β Group Operations Director |
155,000 |
300,000 |
0.01% |
|
Mark Vickery, Group ISΒ & ChangeΒ Director |
40,086 |
72,155 |
< 0.01% |
|
Suzanne Wise, General Counsel & Company Secretary |
49,733 |
89,552 |
0.01% |
|
Ian York,Β Group Sales Director |
20,000 |
71,441 |
< 0.01% |
For further information contact:
Suzanne Wise
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel No. 01727Β 815850Β
24Β March 2009
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