Company Announcements

Notice of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 5295N
Premier Oil PLC
20 May 2020
 

Premier Oil plc (the "Company")

Posting of 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements
and Notice of Annual General Meeting

20 May 2020

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 22 April 2020 regarding a deferral of its 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to 25 June 2020, the Company has today posted to shareholders the 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements and the Notice of AGM. Copies of both documents are also available on the Company's website at www.premier-oil.com.

Given the current restrictions put in place by the UK Government regarding public gatherings, the Company strongly encourages shareholders to vote by proxy as attendance at the AGM will not be possible and anyone seeking to attend the meeting will be refused entry. Arrangements will be made by the Company to ensure that the minimum number of shareholders required to form a quorum will attend the meeting in order that the meeting may proceed and the business concluded.

The AGM will be available via webcast on the Company's website and shareholders will also have the opportunity to submit questions to the meeting in advance. Further details can be found in the Notice of AGM. Any changes to the arrangements described in the Notice of AGM will be announced by RNS and on the Company's website.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1., copies of the Notice of AGM and related form of proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:  https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism 

In view of the decision to delay the AGM and the consequent extended gap between Annual Report publication and issuance of the Notice of AGM, updated disclosures on Directors' interests and significant shareholdings are provided in the appendix below.

Further enquiries:

Company Secretariat:
Daniel Rose                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7824 1014

Investor Relations:
Elizabeth Brooks              Tel: +44 (0)20 7824 1116



 

Appendix

Statement of Directors' Shareholdings

 

Director

Shares owned outright as at
31 December 2019

Shares owned outright as at
20 May 2020

Robin Allan

663,505

702,522

Dave Blackwood

10,000

10,000

Anne Marie Cannon

10,000

10,000

Tony Durrant

1,670,499

1,749,217

Roy A Franklin

60,000

60,000

Barbara Jeremiah

-

10,000

Iain Macdonald

23,076

23,076

Elisabeth Proust1

-

10,000

Richard Rose

236,744

273,725

Mike Wheeler

30,000

30,000

1 Elisabeth Proust joined the Board on 1 April 2020.

Significant Shareholdings

As at 20 May 2020, the Company had received notification from the institutions below of their significant holdings of voting rights (3 per cent or more) in its Ordinary Shares:

 

Name of shareholder

Date of notification to the stock exchange

Notified number of voting rights

Notified percentage of voting rights

Nature of holding

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

14.05.2020

65,245,441

7.77%

Indirect

Morgan Stanley

19.05.2020

52,720,745

6.28%

Indirect

Baillie Gifford & Co

04.01.2019

41,626,147

5.09%

Indirect

Schroders plc

01.05.2020

42,432,501

5.05%

Indirect

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

13.07.2018

38,917,945

5.02%

Direct & Indirect

AXA Investment Managers SA

03.03.2017

23,907,981

4.68%

Indirect

Artemis Investment Management LLP

13.05.2015

25,451,951

4.98%

Direct & Indirect

Ameriprise Financial Inc

20.01.2012

24,666,346

4.66%

Direct & Indirect

Aviva plc and its subsidiaries 1

27.04.2009

3,933,529

4.95%

Direct & Indirect

1 Interests shown for Aviva plc and its subsidiaries pre-date the Share Split in 2011.

 

 


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