Holding(s) in Company

Petards Group PLC
10 May 2005



                          Petards Group plc (the 'Company')



The Company has today been notified that following the sale of 2,000,000 shares,
INVESCO PERPETUAL AiM VCT PLC no longer have a notifiable interest in the issue
share capital of the Company.


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