Premier Foods plc Holding(s) in Company (6686O)

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RNS Number : 6686O

Premier Foods plc

09 November 2016

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                   Premier Foods plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                   X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic                               X 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                                 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                 J.P. Morgan Securities Plc 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                 04 November 2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                   07 November 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                3%, 4%, 5% Upwards 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type              Situation previous                      Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of                      to the triggering                       transaction 
  shares                  transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                         Number                   Number         Number      Number of voting       % of voting rights 
                          of                       of            of shares    rights                 (x) 
                          Shares                   Voting 
                                                   Rights 
----------------------  -----------------------  -------------  ----------  ---------------------  ------------------- 
                                                                 Direct      Direct    Indirect     Direct    Indirect 
                                                                              (xi)      (xii) 
----------------------    ------------  -------  -------------  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  --------- 
                                                     Below 
                             Below minimum           minimum 
 GB00B7N0K053                   threshold           threshold        -          -      46,758,019      -       5.62% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration     Exercise/                                     Number of    % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)    Conversion Period (xiv)                      voting        rights 
                                                                                       rights 
                                                                                       that 
                                                                                       may be 
                                                                                       acquired 
                                                                                       if 
                                                                                       the 
                                                                                       instrument 
                                                                                       is 
                                                                                       exercised/ 
                                                                                       converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial         Exercise               Expiration      Exercise/            Number of    % of voting 
  instrument                price                  date (xvii)     Conversion          voting        rights (xix, 
                                                                   period (xviii)      rights        xx) 
                                                                                       instrument 
                                                                                       refers to 
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                                                                                                    Nominal   Delta 
                                                                                                   --------  --------- 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                         0.04% 
           Swap                                    30/11/2016         30/11/2016        309,300 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                          0.02% 
           Swap                30/03/2017                   30/03/2017                   167,234 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                          0.02% 
           Swap                25/09/2017                   25/09/2017                   168,371 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                          0.05% 
           Swap                15/11/2017                   15/11/2017                   409,778 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                          0.00% 
           Swap                05/12/2017                   05/12/2017                    3,271 
   Cash-settled Equity                                                                                          0.00% 
           Swap                06/12/2017                   06/12/2017                   12,413 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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                           47,828,386                                                     5.75% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 47,828,386 (5.75%) 
  Direct: J.P. Morgan Securities Plc: 46,758,019 (5.62%) Shares; 1,070,367 
  (0.13%) Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 

  Financial Instruments. 
  Chain of control: 
 
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%) 
  J.P. Morgan International Inc. (100%) 
  Bank One International Holdings Corporation (100%) 
  J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%) 
  J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited (100%) 
  J.P. Morgan Chase (UK) Holdings Limited (99.99%) 
  J.P. Morgan Chase International Holdings (100%) 
  J.P. Morgan Securities plc (99.41%) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                       N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                                       N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                                                        N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                                           N/A 
  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                                 Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & 
                                                                    Company Secretary 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                     01727 815 850 
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