MXP.L Regulatory News (MXP)

12 May 2006 18:23

Max Petroleum PLC12 May 2006 Max Petroleum Plc ("the Company") Notification of Interest / Exercise of Options The Company was notified on 11 May 2006 that as of 9 May 2006 The Goldman SachsGroup, Inc. has an interest in 11,922,003 Ordinary Shares of 0.01p each in theCompany, representing 3.93% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The Company also announces that options have been exercised over 175,000 newordinary shares of 0.01p each. Application has been made to the London StockExchange for these shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected totake place on 19 May 2006. 12 May 2006 Enquiries: Max Petroleum PLC Steve Kappelle T: +44 (0)20 7355 9590 Chief Executive Officer Pelham Public Relations Charles Vivian T: +44 (0)20 7743 6672 E : Charles.vivian@pelhampr.com Alisdair Haythornthwaite T : +44 (0) 20 7743 6676 E: Alisdair.haythornthwaite@pelhampr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange