Holding in Company

18 Aug 2006 14:20

Matra Petroleum PLC18 August 2006 For immediate release: 18 August 2006 Matra Petroleum plc ("The Company") Change of Significant Shareholding Matra Petroleum Plc was notified on 16 August 2006 by Genesis InvestmentManagement LLP that following its purchase of a further 2,000,000 ordinaryshares in the Company on 9 August 2006, it now holds 19,000,000 ordinary sharesin the Company, representing approximately 7.25% of the Company's issuedordinary share capital. END For further information, please contact: Matra Petroleum Peter Hind, Managing Director +44 (0) 7990 807 855www.matrapetroleum.com Aquila Financial Limited Peter Reilly +44 (0) 20 7202 2601www.aquila-financial.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange