Premier Foods PLC

Director's Dealing • Sep 21, 2018

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RNS Number : 5896B

Premier Foods plc

21 September 2018

Premier Foods plc (the "Company")

Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company announces that on 20 September 2018, Alastair Murray exercised an award over 157,560 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company under the Premier Foods plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("DSBP"). The DSBP award was granted on 3 June 2016, in respect of the financial year ended 2 April 2016, and vested on 2 June 2018. Mr Murray then sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 20 September 2018 at a price of 42.25p per share.

Name	Title	Number of DSBP award shares exercised	Number of shares sold to cover tax and NI	Number of shares retained
Alastair Murray	Chief Financial Officer	157,560	74,204	83,356

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

21 September 2018

ENQUIRIES:

For further information please contact:

Simon Rose

General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0)1727 815 850

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Alastair Murray

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Premier Foods plc

b)

LEI

213800ZD5I8XHNMCJA67

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") in the capital of Premier Foods plc

ISIN: GB00B7N0K053

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	157,560

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

20 September 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

5

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares")

ISIN: GB00B7N0K053

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
42.25p	74,204

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

20 September 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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