Holding(s) in Company

10 May 2007 07:03

Matra Petroleum PLC10 May 2007 PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 10th May 2007 Matra Petroleum plc ("Matra" or the "Company") Holdings in Company Matra was notified on 8th May 2007 by Gartmore Investment Limited that followingpurchases of a further 9,000,000 ordinary shares, it now holds 48,640,254ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 15.3% of theCompany's issued ordinary share capital. For further information, please contact: Matra Petroleum www.matrapetroleum.com Peter Hind, Managing Director +44 (0) 7990 807 855 Aquila Financial Limited www.aquila-financial.com Peter Reilly +44 (0) 20 7202 2601Yvonne Fraser +44 (0) 20 7202 2609 Matra's nominated Advisor is RFC Corporate Finance Ltd - Contact: Steve Allen +61894802500 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange