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Premier Oil PLC06 January 2005 SCHEDULE 11 6 January, 2005 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company : PREMIER OIL PLC 2. Name of director : MR C J A JAMIESON 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of anon-beneficial interest : 2. ABOVE 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them (if notified) : 2. ABOVE 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected withthe director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) : N/A 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions pleaseindicate whether general/single co or PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary: SALE OF SHARES 7. No. of shares/amount of stock acquired : N/A 8. Percentage of issued class : N/A 9. No. of shares/amount of stock disposed : 1,118,755 10. Percentage of issued class : 1.3439% 11. Class of Security : ORDINARY 12. Price per share : £5.16 13. Date of transaction : 06.01.05 14. Date company informed : 06.01.05 15. Total holding following this notification : 120,249 (being an interestin 120,197 shares as directors bonus shares and 52 shares in the Company's ShareIncentive Plan) 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification :0.1444% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete thefollowing:- 17. Date of grant : N/A 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable : N/A 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option : N/A 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number : N/A 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that the priceis to be fixed at the time of exercise : N/A 22. Total no. of shares or debentures over which options held following thisnotification : N/A 23. Any additional information : Given Mr Jamieson's impending retirement asChief Executive Officer of Premier Oil, as announced on 16 September 2004, hehas elected to exercise 828,229 options and sell 1,118, 755 shares at this timeas an appropriate way to arrange his personal affairs prior to the Company'sentry into its close period before Premier Oil's Preliminary results. As an executive director Mr Jamieson is deemed to have a beneficial interest inshares held in the Premier Oil Employee Benefit Trust which currently holds700,000 shares representing 0.8408% of the Company's issued share capital. 24. Name of contact and telephone no. for queries : Stephen Huddle - 020 7730 1111 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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