(MTA.L) Matra Petroleum PLC Buy/Sell

RNS Number : 4604B Matra Petroleum PLC 27 October 2009

For immediate release: 27 October 2009

Matra Petroleum plc ("Matra" or the "Company")

Dealings in Shares

Matra has been notified of the following sale of shares by a Director:

Director (Non-Executive): Craig Burton
Number of shares sold: 3,000,000 ordinary shares
Average price per share: 4.16p
Date of Sale: 23-27 October 2009

Craig Burton now holds 45,200,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 4.53% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital and remains a Significant Shareholder.

For further information, please contact:

Matra Petroleum www.matrapetroleum.com
Peter Hind, Managing Director +44 (0) 7990 807855
Aquila Financial Limited (PR) www.aquila-financial.com
Peter Reilly +44 (0) 118 979 4100

RFC Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser)
Steve Allen +61894802500

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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