Update - Expected Issue Size Relating to the Bonds

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29 November 2013

PREMIER OIL PLC 5% STERLING BONDS DUE 2020 (THE "BONDS")Update On Expected Issue Size Relating To The Bonds

On 25 November 2013, Premier Oil plc ("Premier") announced and launched an offer of the Bonds, available to wholesale and retail investors. The offer is the first of various possible future issues under Premier's £500 million Euro Medium Term Note Programme, which was established on 18 November 2013 and enables Premier to issue retail or wholesale notes in various markets and currencies.

Based on the progress of the book build to date, the total amount of the Bonds to be issued will be at least £100 million.

Barclays Bank PLC, Canaccord Genuity Limited and Lloyds Bank plc are acting as Joint Lead Managers in respect of the offer of the Bonds.

The offer period is currently open and is due to close at 12 noon (London time) on 6 December 2013. Premier Oil plc and the Joint Lead Managers retain the right to close the offer period early and at short notice. A further announcement via RNS will be released to confirm the close of the offer period in due course.

Simon Lockett, Chief Executive, Premier Oil, commented:

"We are pleased to be offering a retail bond as our first issuance under our new Euro Medium Term Note Programme and with the initial demand from investors. This will enable Premier to diversify its sources of debt funding and extend the maturity profile of its debt ahead of the refinancing of Premier's main bank facilities which mature in 2015."

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This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase, any Bonds. Any purchase of Bonds pursuant to the offer should only be made on the basis of the information contained in the base prospectus dated 18th November 2013 which relates to Premier Oil plc's £500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the "Prospectus") and the final terms dated 25th November 2013 relating to the Bonds (the "Final Terms"). The Prospectus and the Final Terms are available, at the website of Premier Oil above and the website of the London Stock Exchange plc (www.londonstockexchange.com/newissues).

The Bonds have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) (the "Securities Act") and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold within the United States. The Bonds are being offered and sold outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act.