24 Mar 2009 15:40

Premier Foods plc (the "Company")
Share Interests of Directors andĀ Persons Discharging Managerial ResponsibilitiesĀ (PDMRs)Ā
The Company has been notifiedĀ todayĀ that the Directors and PDMRs listed below have subscribed for and have been allotted the followingĀ ordinary shares of 1p eachĀ Ā ("Shares")Ā inĀ the Company, atĀ an issueĀ price of 26pĀ per Share,Ā pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer and Firm PlacingĀ ("the Offer") announcedĀ by the Company on 5 March 2009.
The Offer was approved by the shareholders atĀ anĀ Extraordinary General Meeting held on Monday, 23 March 2009 andĀ theĀ Shares were unconditionally allotted andĀ admitted to trading today.
Directors:
|
Names |
No of shares taken-up under theĀ Offer |
Resulting shareholding |
% of issued share capital |
|
Robert Schofield, Chief ExecutiveĀ |
807,692 |
2,627,735 |
0.11% |
|
Paul Thomas, Finance Director |
769,231 |
1,472,031 |
0.06% |
|
Tim Kelly,Ā 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 |
Ā 0.01% |
|
Ian McHoul, Non-Executive Director |
93,022 |
177,440 |
Ā 0.01% |
|
Louise Makin, Non-Executive Director |
30,353 |
58,636 |
< 0.01% |
|
Christine Cross, Non-Executive Director |
50,366 |
90,659 |
<Ā 0.01% |
|
David Beever, Non-Executive Director |
93,750 |
168,750 |
Ā 0.01% |
PDMRs:
|
Names |
No of shares taken-up under the Offer |
Resulting shareholding |
% of issued share capital |
|
Brian Carlton,Ā Human Resources Director |
255,751 |
460,352 |
0.02% |
|
Mark Hughes, Group Procurement Director |
70,670 |
127,206 |
0.01% |
|
Robert Lawson,Ā Commercial Director Melanie Essex (Mr Lawson's wife) |
87,669 10,088 |
157,806 18,159 |
Ā 0.01% < 0.01% |
|
Bob Spooner,Ā Group Operations Director |
155,000 |
300,000 |
0.01% |
|
Mark Vickery, Group ISĀ & ChangeĀ Director |
40,086 |
72,155 |
< 0.01% |
|
Suzanne Wise, General Counsel & Company Secretary |
49,733 |
89,552 |
0.01% |
|
Ian York,Ā Group Sales Director |
20,000 |
71,441 |
< 0.01% |
For further information contact:
Suzanne Wise
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel No. 01727Ā 815850Ā
24Ā March 2009
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