15th Feb 2006 16:15
Premier Oil PLC15 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY PREMIER OIL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FMR CORP/FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD (SEE BELOW) 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 AS IN 2 ABOVE 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. 83,515 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) .102% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction UNDISCLOSED 11) Date listed company informed 14.02.06 12) Total holding following this notification 2,450,944 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 2.99% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries STEPHEN HUDDLE 020 7730 1111 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification S C HUDDLE - COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 14 FEBRUARY 2006 Closing Amendment NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. 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, and Fidelity Management Trust Company(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (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), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), FidelityInvestments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), FidelityInvestments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International(FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 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 authorised 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. 7. Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the sharecapital, FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and FidelityInternational Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries have no furtherreporting obligation under Section 198 to 202 of the UK Companies Act. Thisstatement speaks as of its date, and no inference should be drawn that no changehas occurred in the facts set forth herein after the date hereof. Schedule A Security: Premier Oil PLC Closing Amendment Current ownership percentage 2.999% Total Shares Held 2,450,944 Shares in issue: 81,737,803 Change in holdings since last filing (83,515) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT COMPANY SHARES HELD NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 290,279 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 45,360 FPM MELLON BANK Total 369,493 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 10,924 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total 27,200 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 159,664 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 159,291 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total 1,011,266 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 30,948 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 39,541 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total 58,578 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 248,400 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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