Holding(s) in Company

Petards Group PLC
12 February 2007



Petards Group plc ('the Company')

Holding(s) in Company

The Company was informed on 12th February 2007 that, subsequent to a purchase of
shares on 9th February 2007, Hargreave Hale Limited has a notifiable interest in
79,500,000* ordinary shares representing approximately 12.49% of the issued
share capital of the Company.

*60,000,000 of these shares are for a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund
Managers Ltd, for which Hargreave Hale manages the investments on a
discretionary basis. The remaining 19,500,000 are held on behalf of other
discretionary clients.

12th February 2007




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