4th Feb 2005 13:00
Premier Oil PLC4 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY PREMIER OIL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 SEE BELOW 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 1,635,847 8) Percentage of issued Class 1.97% 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction UNDISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 04.02.05 12) Total holding following this notification 8,173,161 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.86% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries LISA PARSONS 020 7730 1111 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification MR S C HUDDLE - COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 4 FEBRUARY 2005 Amendment No 11 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT----------------------------------------------------------- 1. Company in which shares are held: PREMIER OIL PLC --------------- 2. Notifiable Interest: ORDINARY SHARES --------------- (A) FMR Corp 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) B Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: PREMIER OIL PLC Amendment No 11 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 291,057 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN TOTAL 33,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS TOTAL 2,939,770 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX TOTAL 45,045 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL 1,944,497 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL 159,291 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. TOTAL 697,056 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS TOTAL 27,200 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN TOTAL 42,800 FPM CITIBANK LONDON TOTAL 57,192 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC TOTAL 615,745 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH TOTAL 182,707 FPM MELLON BANK TOTAL 924,940 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON TOTAL 212,261 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL 8,173,161 GRAND TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 9.93% SHARES IN ISSUE: 82,300,520 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCELAST FILING: (1,635,847) ORDINARY SHARES This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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