Petroplus Holdings Disclosure of Shareholdings

Regulatory News:

Petroplus Holdings AG (SWX:PPHN), in accordance with Art. 20 of the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading, received on September 29^th, 2008 the following information from shareholders:

The Capital Group Companies, Inc., located at 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, (contact Vivien Tan) reduced their ownership interest through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, below 5% to 3,356,469 registered shares of Petroplus Holdings AG and 75,462 conversion rights (ISIN: CH0038649866) for ordinary shares due to a sale on September 26, 2008. This represents 4.88% registered shares and conversion rights of 0.11% for a total shareholding of approximately 4.99%. The Capital Group Companies is the holding company of several subsidiaries engaged in investment management business. Its investment management business is divided into two operational groups, represented by the Capital Research and Management Company, a U.S. based investment adviser that manages The American Funds Group of mutual funds, and Capital Group International, Inc. that serves as investment manager to various institutional clients around the world.

Petroplus Holdings AG is the largest independent refiner and wholesaler of petroleum products in Europe. Petroplus focuses on refining and currently owns and operates seven refineries across Europe: the Coryton refinery on the Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom, the Ingolstadt refinery in Ingolstadt, Germany, the Belgium Refining Company refinery in Antwerp, Belgium, the Petit Couronne refinery in Petit Couronne, France, the Cressier refinery in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the Reichstett refinery in Alsace, France and the Teesside refinery in Teesside, United Kingdom. The refineries have a combined throughput capacity of approximately 864,000 bpd.