Holding(s) in Company
24 May 2003 - 3:51AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:5263L
Premier Oil PLC
23 May 2003
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
PREMIER OIL PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
LANSDOWNE PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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.
49,480,314
6) (3.14%) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8) ( N/A %) of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY
10) Date of transaction
UNKNOWN
11) Date company informed
23.05.03
12) Total holding following this notification
49,480,314
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.14%
14) Any additional information
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 MR S C HUDDLE - COMPANY SECRETARY
Date of Notification ...23 MAY 2003......
Letter to Premier Oil Plc
I am writing to advise you that as a result of a purchase of shares, Lansdowne
Partners Limited Partnership, on behalf of client funds that it manages, now
controls 49,480,314 shares of Premier Oil Plc (sedol number 0699420), this
reperesents 3.2% of the shares in issue.
Letter from: Stuart Roden
Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership
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