RNS Number:0146T Sound Oil PLC 15 March 2007 Sound Oil plc (the "Company") Director's shareholding The Company received notification on 14 March 2007 that Jusuf Rachmantio (a director of the Company) provided a charge over 16,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company (representing approximately 2.3 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary shares) in which he is beneficially interested to the Bank of Scotland on 5 March 2007 as security for a personal bank loan. These shares will be transferred into a Bank of Scotland nominee account and will be subject to the same lock-in and orderly market arrangements as were in place prior to the provision of the charge. 15 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END