Premier Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (2758H)

TIDMPMO

RNS Number : 2758H

Premier Oil PLC

12 March 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                                      Premier Oil plc 
  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): 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                              ü 
                                                                                                                         -------- 
 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): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                 Royal London Asset Management Limited 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                    HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                                             21 November 2014 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                                  12 March 2015 
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                                                                           4% 
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 8. Notified details: 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
 Class/type     Situation previous                      Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                       transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
               --------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                Number               Number             Number             Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of                   of                 of shares          rights                    (x) 
                 Shares               Voting 
                                      Rights 
               -------------------  -----------------  -----------------  ------------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                        Direct             Direct (xi)    Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                                                           (xii) 
                 -----     -------  ------  -----      -----------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 GB00B43G0577   20,249,862           20,249,862           20,674,635         20,674,635   n/a        4.0395%        n/a 
               -------------------  -----------------  -----------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of financial          Expiration       Exercise/                     Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument                 date (xiii)      Conversion Period             rights that may                 rights 
                                              (xiv)                         be 
                                                                            acquired if the 
                                                                            instrument is 
                                                                            exercised/ converted. 
                           ---------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of          Exercise           Expiration     Exercise/              Number of voting                % of voting rights 
 financial         price              date (xvii)    Conversion             rights instrument               (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                          period                 refers to 
                                                     (xviii) 
                 -----------------  -------------  ---------------------  ------------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                           Nominal        Delta 
                 -----------------  -------------  ---------------------  ------------------------------  -------------  -------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
 Number of voting rights                                              Percentage of voting rights 
                                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 20,674,635                                                           4.0395% 
                                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
 
   See 4 above 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
 10. Name of the proxy holder:                         N/A 
                                                      ---------------------------- 
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will         N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
                                                      ---------------------------- 
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to          N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
                                                      ---------------------------- 
 
 
  13. Additional information:                 Increase in holding due to purchase. 
 14. Contact name:                                                     Daniel Rose 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                       020 7730 1111 
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