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RNS Number : 5172V

Oriel Securities Limited

13 January 2012

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                         ORIEL SECURITIES LIMITED 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      ENCORE OIL PLC 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:          PREMIER OIL PLC 
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 (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                   12 JANUARY 2012 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect   YES 
  of any other party to this offer?                                                            PREMIER OIL PLC 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 
 Class of relevant security:                                  5p ordinary 
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                                                     Interests      Short positions 
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                                                    Number    %      Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 
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 (2) Derivatives (other than options): 
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 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 
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                                                     NIL     NIL      NIL       NIL 
  TOTAL: 
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:    n/a 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:   n/a 
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security     Purchase/sale     Number of securities   Price per unit 
----------------------------  -----------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
        5 p ordinary                 Sale                 570                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase               570                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary                 Sale                1,871                70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase              1,871                70p 
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        5 p ordinary                 Sale                 451                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase               451                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary                 Sale                 805                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase               805                 70p 
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        5 p ordinary                 Sale                3,549                70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase              1,549                70p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase              2,000                72p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase              1,660               73.75p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase              1,000               70.25p 
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        5 p ordinary               Purchase               564                70.25p 
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                 Total purchased                         10,470 
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                   Total sales                           7,246 
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   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 n/a                        n/a                   n/a                        n/a                        n/a 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
-------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
 n/a            n/a            n/a            n/a            n/a             n/a            n/a           n/a 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
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 n/a                          n/a                   n/a                    n/a 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
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 n/a                          n/a                              n/a       n/a 
---------------------------  -------------------------------  --------  ------------------------------- 
 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

   4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
   (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal 
  or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain 
  from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party 
  to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt 
  principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
  (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which 
  any derivative is referenced: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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 None 
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   (c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO 
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 Date of disclosure:    13 January 2012 
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 Contact name:          Molly Richards 
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 Telephone number:      0207 710 7600 
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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