Result of General Meeting

PREMIER OIL PLC

("Premier" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

7 December 2017

On 20 November 2017, Premier announced that it had agreed to sell its interests in Licences PL089 and P534 (containing the Wytch Farm field) to Perenco UK Limited (the "Disposal").

Premier is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of the Company held earlier today at 23 Lower Belgrave Street, London SW1W 0NR, an ordinary resolution approving the proposed Disposal was decided on a poll and passed by shareholders. Details of the resolution were set out in the circular posted to shareholders on 21 November 2017.

The number of votes for and against the resolution put before the General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

NOTES:

(a) The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.(b) Votes "Withheld" are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" the resolution

The total number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue on 5 December 2017, the deadline for returning forms of proxy in advance of the General Meeting, was 524,990,307 ordinary shares of 12.5 pence each.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolution passed will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. The poll result will also be available on the Company's website at www.premier-oil.com.

A further announcement will be made upon completion of the Disposal.