Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8770R

Petards Group PLC

07 May 2009

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Petards Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			YES
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Dilution due to share capital increase
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Barclays PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd Gerrard Investment Management Ltd
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	27 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6% to 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0030040090	40,003,403	40,003,4003	0	37,728,054	0	37,728,054	0	5.93

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

37,728,054

5.93

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd

Gerrard Investment Management Ltd

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	-
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	-
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	-