Premier Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (0111Z)

TIDMPMO TIDMLGEN

RNS Number : 0111Z

Premier Oil PLC

14 September 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                Premier Oil plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: 
 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   Yes 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------- 
 
   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               Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
                                            ---------------------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
                                            ---------------------------------------- 
                                                        10 September 2015 
   5. Date of the transaction and date 
   on 
   which the threshold is crossed 
   or 
   reached: 
                                            ---------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                      14 September 2015 
                                            ---------------------------------------- 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                     L&G (Below 3%) 
  or 
  reached: 
                                            ---------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details: 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type            Situation previous                    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
  of                    to the triggering 
  shares                   transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
               ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                    Number            Number                                Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                      of                of                                       rights 
                    Shares            Voting 
                                      Rights 
               ---------------  -----------------  ----                -------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                         Number            Direct       Indirect     Direct      Indirect 
                                                        of shares 
               ---  -----  ---  -----  -----  ---  ------------------  --------------  ---------  -----------  ------------ 
 GB00B43G0577              16,089,316                    Below 3%          Below 3%        -            -             - 
 
                        (As of 19/12/2013) 
               ----------------------------------  ------------------  --------------  ---------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                                                               Number of voting 
   Type of financial          Expiration         Exercise/                      rights that may            % of voting 
   instrument                 date               Conversion Period              be                         rights 
                                                                                acquired if the 
                                                                                instrument is 
                                                                                exercised/ converted. 
                           -----------------  ------------------------------  ------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
  Type of              Exercise           Expiration       Exercise/      Number of voting           % of voting rights 
  financial            price              date             Conversion     rights instrument 
  instrument                                               period         refers to 
                    -----------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                                     Nominal        Delta 
                    -----------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
 Number of voting rights                                                Percentage of voting rights 
                                                                       ---------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                             Below 3% 
                                   - 
                                                                       ---------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
                  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) ( Below 5% = Total 
                                                                                   Position) 
                Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and 
                                                                           Indirect) ( Below 
                                                                        5% = Total Position) 
           Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) ( Below 5% = Total Position) 
                     Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
        Legal & General Investment Management     Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                                   (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)      (Direct) (LGIH) 
         Legal & General Assurance (Pensions       Legal & General Assurance Society Limited 
                                     Management) Limited (PMC)                 (LGAS & LGPL) 
                                                   Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) 
                                                                                      (LGPL) 
 
 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: 
                                                             ------------------------------- 
 
                                                     Notification using the total voting 
  13. Additional information:                            rights figure of 510,811,061 
 14. Contact name:                                               Daniel Rose 
                                                -------------------------------------------- 
 15. Contact telephone number:                                  020 7730 1111 
                                                -------------------------------------------- 
 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

HOLBUGDCLBBBGUS

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 14, 2015 12:00 ET (16:00 GMT)