Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9789R
Premier Foods plc
15 December 2016
 

 


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


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:
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

5 December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 December 2016

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

Above 5%



 

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

41,573,397

4.994%

0

0

41,657,146

0

5.004%


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

84,589

0.010%


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

15/09/2017

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)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,004,794

5.046%



 

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             %

                                                                                               42,004,794                 5.046%

 

                                                                            Total          42,004,794                 5.046%


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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