Premier Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (4084H)

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RNS Number : 4084H

Premier Oil PLC

30 November 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 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): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please       Implementation of Transparency Directive II Regulation        ü 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                           Schroders plc 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                  Schroder Investment Management Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                            26.11.15 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                              27.11.15 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                            Above 5% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                    Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                     transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number              Number         Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                 of                of                  of shares      rights                   (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  ------------------  -------------  -----------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                      Direct         Direct      Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
                                                                      (xi)        (xii) 
-------------    ------  ------  -------  -----      -------------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
   Ordinary        Below 5%           Below 5%         38,338,530       N/A      38,338,530       N/A            7.51% 
               ----------------  ------------------  -------------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 GB00B43G0577 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 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) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 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) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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                           38,338,530                                                       7.51% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Schroder Investment Management Limited 38,338,530 7.51% 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           This notification is being made based 
  13. Additional information:               on the legal entity position exceeding 
                                            5%. Schroders plc's position remains 
                                            as per the previous disclosure. 
                                            The shares referred to in section 
                                            9 are held in portfolios managed by 
                                            those firms on a discretionary basis 
                                            for clients under investment management 
                                            agreements. This disclosure has been 
                                            calculated based on issue share capital 
                                            amount 510,811,061. 
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 14. Contact name: 
                                                           Daniel Rose 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                           020 7730 1111 
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