Premier Foods plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (2276J)

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RNS Number : 2276J

Premier Foods plc

01 April 2015

Premier Foods plc (the "Company")

Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

The Company announces that on 31 March 2015, the following PDMR exercised an award over 322,204 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan ("RSP"). The PDMR then sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 31 March 2015 at a price of 42.0p per share. The Company received notification of the transaction on 1 April 2015.

 
 Name        Title                            Number of       Number       Number  Shareholding 
                                              RSP award    of shares    of shares     following 
                                       shares exercised         sold     retained   transaction 
-----------  ----------------------  ------------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Andrew      Corporate Development 
  McDonald    & Legal Director                  322,204      151,436      170,461       181,141 
-----------  ----------------------  ------------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

The RSP enables awards to be made to senior management who are not executive directors of the Company. The RSP award was granted in the form of a nil cost option.

This announcement is in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R and relates to transactions notified to the Company in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R.

1 April 2015

ENQUIRIES:

   Premier Foods plc                              [phone] 

Andrew McDonald

Corporate Development & Legal Director

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