Premier Oil PLC Holding(s) in Company (9829C)

TIDMPMO TIDM0H7D

RNS Number : 9829C

Premier Oil PLC

26 January 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                         PREMIER OIL PLC 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                 X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                               Deutsche Bank AG 
 City and country of registered                     Frankfurt, Germany 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                     22/01/2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                   25/01/2018 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting            % of voting        Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached       rights through       both in %       of voting 
                                 to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                 (total of            instruments                        issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)               (total of 
                                                      8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                          2) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                      3.46%                  3.36%             6.82%        764,282,574 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                     3.97%                  3.34%             7.31% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                                Direct            Indirect                 Direct                  Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of          (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of               (Art 10 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
     GB00B43G0577             26,460,316              2                     3.46%                   0.00% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                26,460,318                                    3.46% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
----------------------  ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
       Right To 
         Recall                                                            250,000                  0.03% 
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                                                SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                 B 1                       250,000                  0.03% 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
       Swaps - 
        Equity               17/01/2019                               Cash         25,447,324       3.33% 
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                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2             25,447,324       3.33% 
                                                               -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the 
  notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                      x 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal 
  entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as necessary) 
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      Name(xv)           % of voting      % of voting rights       Total of both 
                         rights if it      through financial        if it equals 
                         equals or is       instruments if          or is higher 
                          higher than        it equals or        than the notifiable 
                        the notifiable      is higher than            threshold 
                           threshold        the notifiable 
                                               threshold 
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 Deutsche Bank 
  AG 
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 DB USA Corporation 
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 DB U.S. Financial 
  Markets Holding 
  Corporation 

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 Deutsche Bank 
  Securities. 
  Inc. 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 Place of completion   Birmingham 
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 Date of completion    25/01/2018 
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