Notification of Interest

13 Dec 2006 12:07

Regal Petroleum PLC13 December 2006 For Immediate Release 13 December 2006 REGAL PETROLEUM PLC ("the Company") Holdings in Company The Company was notified on 13 December 2006 by Man Financial Limited that theyhave an interest in 18,141,762 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ("OrdinaryShares") representing 14.12 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital ofthe Company. 13 December 2006 For further information, please contact: Regal Tel: 020 7408 9500Roger Phillips, Finance DirectorFrank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange