Premier Foods PLC

Director's Dealing • Jun 25, 2020

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RNS Number : 1109R

Premier Foods plc

25 June 2020

Premier Foods plc (the Company)

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated

The Company announces that, on 24 June 2020, the following PDMRs purchased ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. 

Name	Title	Number of shares acquired	Price per share
Colin Day	Chairman	200,000	65.0p
Alex Whitehouse	Chief Executive Officer	100,000	65.0p
Duncan Leggett	Chief Financial Officer	30,538	65.0p
Yilmaz Erceyes	Chief Marketing Officer	30,528	65.0p
Mark Hughes	Procurement & Central Operations Director	30,538	65.0p
Richard Martin	Chief Customer Officer	30,538	65.0p
Paul Thompson	Operations Director	24,405	65.0p
Simon Rose	General Counsel & Company Secretary	30,538	65.0p
David Wilkinson	HR and Communications Director	20,231	65.0p

The Company also announces that, on 24 June 2020, the following PDMRs exercised options to purchase ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. The options were granted under the Company's Sharesave Plan and vested on 1 February 2020.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Option price per share	Number of shares acquired and retained
Alex Whitehouse	Chief Executive Officer	7,826	34.50p	7,826
Duncan Leggett	Chief Financial Officer	7,826	34.50p	7,826
Yilmaz Erceyes	Chief Marketing Officer	7,826	34.50p	7,826
Mark Hughes	Procurement & Central Operations Director	7,826	34.50p	7,826
Paul Thompson	Operations Officer	7,826	34.50p	7,826
David Wilkinson	HR and Communications Director	7,826	34.50p	7,826

The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

25 June 2020

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	Colin Day
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	200,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Alex Whitehouse
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive 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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	100,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Duncan Leggett
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	30,538
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Yilmaz Erceyes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Marketing 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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	30,528
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Hughes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Procurement & Central Operations Director
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	30,538
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Martin
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Customer 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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	30,538
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Thompson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Operations Director
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	24,405
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Rose
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	General Counsel & Company Secretary
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	30,538
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	David Wilkinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	HR and Communications Director
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") ISIN: GB00B7N0K053
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
65.0p	20,231
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Acquisition of Shares following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
34.50p	7,826
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	24 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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