17th Jul 2006 17:27
Premier Foods plc17 July 2006 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 17 July 2006 Abacus Corporate Trustee Limited as trustee of the Premier Foodsplc Employee Benefit Trust notified the Company and the under-mentioned personsof an increase in their interests in ordinary shares of 1 pence each in theCompany following the purchase on 12 July 2006 of 813 ordinary shares at a priceof £3.17 per share. This purchase represented the notional reinvestment of thegross dividend paid to shareholders on 7 July 2006 in respect of the nil-costoptions granted to those persons under the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan in theproportions 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 (2) Dividend (3) 2006 DeferredDirector Reinvestment Bonus Options Robert Schofield 469 16,282Paul Thomas 344 11,938 EnquiriesAndrew Astin, tel: 01727 815 850Premier Foods plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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