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Company	Premier Foods plc
TIDM	PFD
Headline	Holding(s) in Company
Released	15:20 07-Nov-2011
Number	6347R15

RNS Number : 6347R

Premier Foods plc

07 November 2011


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 GB00B01QLV45
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	Norges Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	2^nd November 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	4^th November 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3%

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

1p ordinary

GB00B01QLV45

71,471,389

72,081,883

N/A

3.01%

N/A

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

N/A

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}

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

72,081,883

3.01%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Norges Bank
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:	None
14. Contact name:	Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01727 815 850

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