30th Aug 2005 12:23
Premier Oil PLC30 August 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY PREMIER OIL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST AVIVA PLC 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 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. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 59,000 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.072 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction 24.08.05 11) Date listed company informed 25.08.05 12) Total holding following this notification 4,074,777 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) 4.98% 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 duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification S C HUDDLE Date of Notification 30 AUGUST 2005 Letter to Premier Oil plc Letter dated 25 August 2005 PREMIER OIL PLC (THE "COMPANY") - SEDOL 3356001 This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 29 March2005 and is prompted by sales totalling 59,000 on 24 August 2005. This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of GBP0.50 each in the capital of the Company (the "shares") and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act"). 1. Notification on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of Aviva plc). 1.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose Morley Fund Management Limited were interested in 4,074,777 shares. 1.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below: Morley Fund Management Limited. 2. Notification on behalf of Aviva plc. 2.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of Aviva plc that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose Aviva plc were interested in 4,074,777 shares giving the Aviva group a total percentage interest in the shares of 4.96%. 2.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below: Aviva plc. We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interestswhen the holding is equal to 3% or more of the Company's relevant share capital.The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold abeneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised UnitTrust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories aretherefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 789,232 (Material)Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 2,353,506 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 170,699 (Material)CUIM Nominee Ltd 761,340 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 4.96%ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 82,106,811 APPENDIX: AVIVA PLC REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 789,232 (Material)Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 2,353,506 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 170,699 (Material)CUIM Nominee Ltd 761,340 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF AVIVA PLC: 4.96%ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 82,106,811 Letter from Aviva PLC This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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