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Premier Oil PLC16 March 2007 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii): Premier Oil plc 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: YES An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: NO An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO Other: N/A 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): AXA S.A. and its group of companies 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Name of Company/Fund Direct/Indirect Number of Shares % of Issued Share Capital AXA UKInvestment Co Indirect 25,000 0.03049ICVC UK GrowthFundSun LifePensionsManagement Ltd Direct 9,462 0.01154AXA UK GroupPension Scheme Indirect 16,000 0.01951AXA GeneralUnit Trust Indirect 100,000 0.12196AXA France Indirect 70,000 0.08537Sun LifeInternational(IOM) Ltd Direct 5,000 0.00610Sun LifePensionsManagement Ltd Direct 8,656 0.01056Sun LifePensionsManagement Ltd Direct 7,100 0.00866Sun Life UnitAssuranceLimited LTAVUK Equity Direct 20,289 0.02475Sun Life UnitAssurance LtdFTSE All ShareTracker Direct 15,302 0.01866Sun LifePensionsManagementLTAV UK Equity Direct 90,978 0.11096Sun LifePensionsManagementFTSE All ShareTracker Direct 73,945 0.09019AXAFramlington,Trustees forRomanCatholics Indirect 100,000 0.12196AXAFramlington,LondonScottishPension Fund Indirect 50,000 0.06098AXAFramlington,St James PlaceExempt (Pens)Fund Indirect 166,000 0.20246AXAFramlington,St James PlaceNet (Life)Fund Indirect 169,000 0.20612AXAFramlington,St James PlaceOffshore Fund Indirect 42,000 0.05122AXAFramlington,DaimlerChrysler Indirect 55,000 0.06708AXAFramlington,FramligntonIncome &Capital Indrect 75,000 0.09147AXAFramlington,UK Select Ops Indirect 2,658,025 3.24183AXAFramlington,ManagedBalance Indirect 200,000 0.24393AXAFramlington,UK Growth Indirect 130,000 0.15855Framlingtononshoreprivateclients Indirect 224,670 0.27402Framlingtononshoreprivateclients Indirect 10,750 0.01311Total Direct 230,732 0.28141 Total Indirect 4,091,445 4.99009 ------------ ------------ TOTAL 4,322,177 5.27150 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached(v): 02/03/2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 07 March 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 3%. 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi) Class/type of shares if possible using Number of Number of Voting Rightsthe ISIN CODE shares (viii)Ordinary GB0033560011 N/A N/A Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares if Number of Number of Voting Rights % of Votingpossible using the ISIN CODE shares (ix) Rights Ordinary Direct Direct (x) Indirect Direct Indirect (xi)GB0033560011 230,732 230,732 4,091,445 0.28% 4.99% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument (xiii) Period/ Date exercised/ converted. rights (xiv) N/A Total (A+B) Number of Voting Rights % of Voting Rights4,322,177 5.27% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): N/A Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: 15. Contact telephone number: Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (XVI) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): Premier Oil plc Contact address (registered office for legal entities): 23 Lower BelgraveStreet, London, SW1W 0NR Phone number: 0207 730 1111 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Heather Garratt, Deputy Company Secretary Contact address: 23 Lower Belgrave Street, London, SW1W 0NR Phone number: 0207 730 1111 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legalentity subject to the notification obligation): C: Additional information : This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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