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RNS Number : 9789R

Premier Foods plc

15 December 2016

 
 
 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 
  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 
  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                                           5 December 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                              14 December 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                              Above 5% 
  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 
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                Number           Number             Number          Number of                 % of voting 
                 of               of                 of shares       voting                    rights (x) 
                 Shares           Voting                             rights 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  -----------------  --------------  ------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                    Direct          Direct     Indirect       Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
-------------    -------------    -------------    --------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ----------- 
 GB00B7N0K053   41,573,397       4.994%                   0            0        41,657,146         0          5.004% 
-------------  ---------------  -----------------  --------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Expiration       Exercise/                          Number of voting            % of voting 
 financial         date             Conversion                         rights that                 rights 
 instrument        (xiii)           Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                       acquired if 
                                                                       the 
                                                                       instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/ 
                                                                       converted. 
---------------  ---------------  ---------------------------------  --------------------------  --------------------- 
 Right to 
 Recall 
 Securities       N/A              N/A                                84,589                      0.010% 
---------------  ---------------  ---------------------------------  --------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 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             Conversion         rights instrument           rights (xix, 
  instrument                     (xvii)           period             refers to                   xx) 
                                                  (xviii) 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 Swaps          N/A              15/09/2017       N/A               164                           0.000%       0.000% 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 Swaps          N/A              31/10/2017       N/A               253,832                       0.030%       0.030% 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 Swaps          N/A              30/11/2017       N/A               9,063                         0.001%       0.001% 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights 
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                     42,004,794                                                    5.046% 
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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 % 
  42,004,794 5.046% 
 
  Total 42,004,794 5.046% 
 
 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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