Petroplus Holdings Disclosure of Shareholdings

ZUG, Switzerland--(Business Wire)--
Regulatory News:

Petroplus Holdings AG (SWX: PPHN), in accordance with Art. 20 of
the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading, received on
July 23rd, 2008 the following information from shareholders:

On July 16th, 2008, the Capital Group Companies, Inc., located at
333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, (contact
Christopher Aquino) increased their ownership interest through its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, to 3,389,274 registered shares of
Petroplus Holdings AG and 75,462 conversion rights (ISIN:
CH0038649866) for ordinary shares. This represents 4.94% registered
shares and conversion rights of 0.11% for a total shareholding of
approximately 5.05%. 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.

Petroplus Holdings AG
Heather Zorge +41 58 580 1244
or
Tom Trovato + 41 58 580 1166

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