27th Aug 2009 14:23
Premier Foods plc (the "Company")
27 August 2009
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
We wish to notify the following, in accordance with DTR 3.1.4(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.
On 27 August 2009 the Independent Trustee of the Premier Foods Plc Employee Benefit Trust notified the Company that it had purchased 2,994 ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 44.139 pence per share and the shares had been allocated and granted to the following Directors under the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan ("Deferred Bonus Plan"). The Purchase represents the adjustment of awards following the Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer ("the Open Offer") to take account of the variation of the Company's share capital resulting from the Open Offer.
Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company over which the Directors concerned hold options under the Deferred Bonus Plan is set out in the table below.
|
Dire Director/PRMR |
No. of shares purchased |
Total Number of Deferred Bonus Options |
|
Robert Schofield |
1,703 |
34,958 |
|
Paul Thomas |
1,241 |
25,495 |
Suzanne Wise
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Premier Foods plc
Tel: 01727 815 850
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