3rd Oct 2005 17:52
Premier Oil PLC03 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY PREMIER OIL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST LEGAL & GENERAL 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 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 company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction UNDISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 30.10.05 12) Total holding following this notification 3,015,128 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.67% 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 S C HUDDLE - COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 03 OCTOBER 2005 LETTER TO: PREMIER OIL PLCDATED: 30 SEPTEMBER 2005 Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198 Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company: Material Interest HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 914945 28,279 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 887711 330,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245 316,691 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206 1,864,024 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 363605 20,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203 141,330 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 916681 4,330 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 969995 191,160HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509 119,314 3,015,128 3.67% We currently have a notifiable interest in 3,015,128 Ordinary 50p shares whichwe understand represents 3.67% of that class of your share capital calculated onan issued share capital of 82,106,811 Ordinary 50p shares. FROM: LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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