31st Oct 2007 09:19
Matra Petroleum PLC31 October 2007 PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 31st October 2007 Matra Petroleum plc ("Matra" or the "Company") Change of Significant Shareholding Matra was notified on 29th October 2007 that Kompania Gaz I Neft distributedit's holding of 27,500,000 ordinary shares in Matra to the followingindividuals: 6,187,500 ordinary shares to Pavel Lukachevsky and;6,875,500 ordinary shares to Tatiana Danilova and;6,875,500 ordinary shares to Oleg Balagurov and;6,875,500 ordinary shares to Svetlana Balagurova and;2,750,000 ordinary shares to Victor Mogdaluk Oleg Balagurov and Svetlana Balagurova are related parties and jointly hold23,375,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 5.2% of the Company'sissued ordinary share capital and are significant shareholders. Pavel Lukachevsky and Tatiana Danilova are related parties and jointly hold23,375,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 5.2% of the Company'sissued ordinary share capital and are significant shareholders. Kompania Gaz I Neft no longer holds any shares in Matra and ceases to be asignificant shareholder. All shares under this distribution remain locked in until 29th April 2008. 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 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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