Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9601B
Premier Foods plc
28 February 2011
 



 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

 

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


 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


 

Other (please specify):

 


 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of Companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 

24 February 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

25 February 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

5%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of
shares



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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Premier Foods Plc

 122,888,274

 122,888,274

 

 2,256,175

 

2,256,175

 

119,249,599

 

0.09

 

4.97

 B01QLV4

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

 

% of voting
rights






 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
period

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights

 






Nominal

Delta

 



 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

121,505,774

5.07%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

Name of the Company/Fund

Number of Shares

% of issued Share capital

Alliance Bernstein

 

Indirect

5,817,175

0.242582

Alliance Capital Management

 

Indirect

15,726,600

0.655816

AXA Financial, Inc

 

Indirect

89,314,293

3.724499

AXA IM UK

 

Direct

2,256,175

0.094085

AXA IM UK

 

Indirect

8,391,531

0.349936




Total Direct

2,256,175

0.09408

Total Indirect

119,249,599

4.97283

TOTAL

121,505,774

5.06692

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

 N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 


 

13. Additional information:

 


14. Contact name:

 

Suzanne Wise

General Counsel & Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

 

 +44 (0) 1727 815 850

 


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