Premier Foods PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 15, 2017

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RNS Number : 9656W

Premier Foods plc

15 February 2017

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Premier Foods plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				X
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Bank of America Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Merrill Lynch International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		10 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		14 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 8%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB00B7N0K053	60,919,848		7.318%		0	0		64,927,089	0		7.800%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
Right to Recall Securities		N/A		N/A			6,467			0.001%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta
Swaps	N/A	15-Sep-17	N/A	8159	0.001%	0.001%
Swaps	N/A	30-Nov-17	N/A	6617	0.001%	0.001%
Swaps	N/A	31-Oct-17	N/A	1526999	0.183%	0.183%
Swaps	N/A	30-Apr-18	N/A	177048	0.021%	0.021%
Swaps	N/A	14-Jun-18	N/A	26788	0.003%	0.003%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
66,679,167				8.010%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Merrill Lynch International - Above trading book exemption threshold MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL                                   Voting Rights             %                                                                                                66,679,167                 8.010%                                                                             Total          66,679,167                 8.010%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01727 815 850

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