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Premier Oil PLC8 April 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 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 661,717 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.80% 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction UNDISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 08.04.05 12) Total holding following this notification 3,271,658 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) 3.97% 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 Date of Notification ....8 APRIL 2005.................... Letter to Premier Oil Plc dated 7 April 2005 ATTN: Company Secretary Dear Sirs Enclosed (below) are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K. Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details thedisclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosureconstitutes separate notifications of interest which have bean combined solelyfor purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that anyof these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests. These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.The interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. Fordisclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its directand indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders. If you have any questions please contact Alkesh Patel on 01737 837 092 or by FAX on 01737 837 450. Letter from Fidelity Investments Amendment #17 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 and Chairman 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. Rani JanduRegulatory Reporting Manager, FIL - Investment ComplianceDuly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated August 25, 2004, by Eric D. Roiter by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: PREMIER OIL PLC Amendment No 17 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME COMPANY 33,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 25,031 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total 45,045 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 1,520,340 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 159,291 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total 253,377 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 27,200 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 42,800 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total 40,792 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total 374,279 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 93,741 FPM MELLON BANK Total 559,762 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 96,400 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 3,271,658 Grand Total Ordinary Shares CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 3.97% SHARES IN ISSUE: 82,400,492 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: (661,717) ORDINARY SHARES This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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