Report and Accounts

28 Jun 2006 11:21

Petards Group PLC28 June 2006 Petards Group plc ("Petards" or "the Company") Publication of 2005 Report & Accounts and Dealings by a director 28 June 2006 The Company confirms that the Report & Accounts of the Company for the yearended 31 December 2005 have been posted to shareholders and are available to thepublic, free of charge, from the offices of the Company, Petards House, WindmillBusiness Village, Brooklands Close, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex TW16 7DY, forat least one month following the date of this announcement and are alsoavailable at www.petards.com. In addition, the Company was today informed that Ian Taylor M.P., Non-ExecutiveDeputy Chairman, has, via his SIPP, purchased 75,000 Petards ordinary shares of1p each ("Ordinary Shares") at 0.89p per share. Following this transaction, IanTaylor's aggregate interest in Ordinary Shares amounts to 5,400,000 OrdinaryShares, representing 0.85 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary sharecapital. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange