Harbour Energy PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Mar 3, 2017

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RNS Number : 4112Y

Premier Oil PLC

03 March 2017

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii											PREMIER OIL PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights																				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached																				X
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments																				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii									Bank of America Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv									Bank of America National Association Merrill Lynch International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v									28th February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:									2nd March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii									Above 7%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares				Number of voting rights					% of voting rights x
Direct				Direct xi			Indirect xii		Direct			Indirect
GB00B43G0577	9,853,670			9,853,670			0				0			15,292,652		0			2.994%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv						Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.					% of voting rights
Right to Recall Securities			N/A			N/A						227,410					0.045%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price			Expiration date xvii			Exercise / Convers ion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
															Nominal			Delta
Swaps		N/A			21-Jul-2017			N/A			400,000				0.078%			0.078%
Swaps		N/A			07-Aug-2017			N/A			12,000,000				2.349%			2.349%
Swaps		N/A			15-Sep-2017			N/A			48,866				0.010%			0.010%
Swaps		N/A			31-Oct-2017			N/A			62,763				0.012%			0.012%
Swaps		N/A			06-Dec-2017			N/A			1,000,000				0.196%			0.196%
Swaps		N/A			29-Dec-2017			N/A			178,534				0.035%			0.035%
Swaps		N/A			11-Jan-2018			N/A			1,236,015				0.242%			0.242%
Swaps		N/A			22-Feb-2018			N/A			5,604,945				1.097%			1.097%
Swaps		N/A			23-Feb-2018			N/A			475,078				0.093%			0.093%
Swaps		N/A			26-Feb-2018			N/A			919,977				0.180%			0.180%
Swaps		N/A			16-May-2018			N/A			22,056				0.004%			0.004%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights										Percentage of voting rights
37,468,296										7.335%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Merrill Lynch International - Above trading book exemption threshold Voting Rights           % Bank of America National Association                                                     6,000,000         1.175% Merrill Lynch International                                                                      31,468,296         6.160%                                                                                                       Total    37,468,296      7.335%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:										Harshini Gopa
15. Contact telephone number:										0207 996 3410

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