Director/PDMR Shareholding
Updated : 15:01
Premier Foods plc (the "Company")
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated
The Company announces that on 11 June 2019, the following PDMR exercised an award over 187,793 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan ("RSP"). The PDMR then sold sufficient shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance on 11 June 2019 at a price of 33.55p per share.
Name | Title | Number of RSP award shares exercised
| Number of shares sold | Number of shares retained |
David Wilkinson
| Human Resources & Communications Director | 187,793 | 88,443 | 99,350 |
The RSP enables awards to be made to senior management who are not executive directors of the Company. The RSP award was granted in the form of a nil cost option.
The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
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 | David Wilkinson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Human Resources & 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 | ||||
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| 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 Restricted Stock Plan | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 11 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| 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 | Sale of Shares to cover income tax and employee national insurance following the exercise of an option granted under the Premier Foods Restricted Stock Plan | ||||
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| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 11 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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