Holding(s) in Company

22 Oct 2007 07:01

Matra Petroleum PLC22 October 2007 PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 22nd October 2007 Matra Petroleum plc ("Matra" or the "Company") Change of Significant Shareholding Matra was notified on 19th October 2007 by Gartmore Fund Managers Limited thatfollowing the acquisition of a further 5,400,000 ordinary shares, it now holds54,040,254 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 12.0% ofthe Company'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 Limitedwww.aquila-financial.comPeter Reilly +44 (0) 20 7202 2601Yvonne Fraser +44 (0) 20 7202 2603 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