22 Jun 2017 13:00
Premier Oil plc("Premier" or the "Company")
Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Premier announces that it has been notified that Tony Durrant, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, has today purchased 226,868 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 43.75 pence per Ordinary Share.
As a result of this purchase of Ordinary Shares, Tony Durrant is interested in 1,462,036 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.29% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Tony Durrant | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Premier Oil plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800YPC42DYBKVPF97 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 12.5 pence each GB00B43G0577 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
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226,868 £0.4375 | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-06-22 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||