17th May 2007 17:06
Premier Foods plc17 May 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITIES 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. The Company has granted matching awards in the form of conditional awards ofshares in respect of the number of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company asset out in column (1) in the table below to the directors and PDMRs set out incolumn (2) in that table under the Company's Co-Investment Plan ("CIP"). Thematching awards were all made on 16 May 2007 and represent a 3:1 match overshares which those participants have invested under the terms of the CIP. Thevesting of the matching awards is subject to performance conditions based upon acombination of Earnings per Share growth and Total Shareholder Return asmeasured over a three-year period and continued holding of the invested sharesover that period. Following the granting of these conditional awards, the total number of ordinaryshares of 1p each in the Company over which the directors and PDMRs concernedhold options/awards is set out in column (3) of the table below. (1) Name of Director/PDMR (2) 2007 CIP awards (3) Total options/ granted awardsDirectors Robert Schofield 1,170,489 2,855,171Paul Thomas 590,163 1,591,765PDMRsHoward Beveridge 191,802 477,895Stephen Bolton 187,866 452,149Brian Carlton 147,540 250,143Mark Hughes 186,885 242,259Tim Kelly 300,000 410,361Robert Lawson 181,965 243,652Bob Spooner 245,901 245,901Miles Warnick 250,818 342,012Ian York 206,556 489,585 Enquiries Andrew Astin, tel: 01727 815 850 Premier Foods plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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