15th May 2006 09:50
Matra Petroleum PLC15 May 2006 For immediate release: 15 May 2006 Matra Petroleum plc ("The Company") Significant Shareholding The Company was notified on 12 May 2006 of the following interest in ordinaryshares of 0.1p each in the capital of the Company: Shareholder No. of Shares Percentage of the issued capital of the Company State Street Bank Nomineeson behalf of City Natural Resources 8,000,000 3.05%High Yield Trust plc The Company would also like to note that Macquarie Bank Ltd Metals and EnergyCapital Division's holding in the Company was stated as 4.1% in the releasedated 6th April 2006 whereas the actual holding is 9,900,000 shares or 3.78%. For further information, please contact: Matra Petroleum www.matrapetroleum.comPeter Hind, Managing Director +44 (0) 7990 807 855 Aquila Financial Limited www.aquila-financial.comPeter Reilly +44 (0) 20 7202 2601Yvonne Fraser +44 (0) 20 7202 2609 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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