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RNS Number : 1226V

Premier Foods plc

25 January 2017

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                   Premier Foods plc 
  the underlying 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                             X 
  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                                 X 
  similar economic 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)                                      Bank of America Corporation 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                 Merrill Lynch International 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                           20 January 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                              24 January 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                              Above 7% 
  crossed 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 
  of                      to the triggering              triggering transaction 
  shares                  transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
----------------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------ 
                         Number               Number    Number      Number of              % of voting 
                          of                  of         of          voting                 rights (x) 
                          Shares              Voting     shares      rights 
                                              Rights 
----------------------  -------------------  --------  ----------  ---------------------  ------------------- 
                                                        Direct      Direct   Indirect      Direct   Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)      (xii) 
----------------------  -------------------  --------  ----------  -------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 GB00B7N0K053            51,328,821           6.166%        0         0      60,919,848      0       7.318% 
----------------------  -------------------  --------  ----------  -------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 
 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 voting       % of voting 
  instrument              date                 Conversion            rights that            rights 
                          (xiii)               Period (xiv)          may be 
                                                                     acquired if 
                                                                     the 
                                                                     instrument 
                                                                     is 
                                                                     exercised/ 
                                                                     converted. 
----------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------  ------------------- 
 Right to Recall 
  Securities             N/A                  N/A                   40,680                 0.005% 
----------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 
 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       Exercise   Expiration     Exercise/     Number of voting       % of voting 
  financial     price      date (xvii)    Conversion   rights instrument       rights (xix, 
  instrument                              period       refers to               xx) 
                                          (xviii) 
------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ---------------------  ----------------- 
                                                                              Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------  ------- 
 Swaps         N/A        30-Apr-2018    N/A           63,687                 0.008%    0.008% 
------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------  ------- 
 Swaps         N/A        31-Oct-2017    N/A           771,648                0.093%    0.093% 
------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------  ------- 
 Swaps         N/A        30-Nov-2017    N/A           22,969                 0.003%    0.003% 
------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------  ------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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                     61,818,832                                        7.426% 
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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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 Merrill Lynch International - Above trading book exemption 
  threshold 
  MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL Voting Rights % 
  61,818,832 7.426% 
 
  Total 61,818,832 7.426% 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                                        N/A 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                                      N/A 
  cease to 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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