9th Jan 2008 16:15
Premier Foods plc09 January 2008 Premier Foods plc NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES We wish to notify the following, in accordance with Rules 3.1.4(1)(a) and 3.1.4(1)(b) of the Disclosure Rules. On 9 January 2008 Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited as trustee of the PremierFoods plc Employee Benefit Trust notified the Company and the under-mentionedpersons (1) of an increase in their interests in ordinary shares of 1 pence eachin the Company following the purchase on 7 January 2008 of 1,199 ordinary sharesat a price of 195.5 pence per share. This purchase represented the reinvestmentof the notional gross dividend paid to shareholders on 4 January 2008 in respectof the nil-cost options granted to those persons under the Company's DeferredBonus Plan in the proportions shown in column (2) of the table below. Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares of 1 pence each inthe Company over which the directors concerned hold options under the Company'sDeferred Bonus Plan is set out in column (3) of the table below. (1) Name of Director (2) Dividend Reinvestment (3) Deferred Bonus Options Robert Schofield 693 32,234 Paul Thomas 506 23,510 Andrew AstinCompany SecretaryPremier Foods plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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