Petroplus Announces Intention to Launch a Rights Offering at Market

Regulatory News:

Petroplus Holdings AG (SWX: PPHN) announced today that it intends
to launch an at market rights offering in the very near term whereby
the Company intends to issue new Petroplus shares from existing
authorized capital.

Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank are acting
as Joint Bookrunners for the transaction.

Petroplus Holdings AG is one of the largest independent refiners
and wholesalers of petroleum products in Europe. Petroplus focuses on
refining and currently owns and operates four refineries across
Europe: the Ingolstadt refinery in Ingolstadt, Germany, the Belgium
Refining Corporation refinery in Antwerp, Belgium, the Cressier
refinery in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and the Teesside
refinery in Teesside, United Kingdom. The existing refineries have a
combined throughput capacity of approximately 405,000 bpd.

The information contained in this new release is not for
publication or distribution in the United States of America.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus in the sense of
Article 652a or 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or a listing
prospectus pursuant to the listing rules of the SWX Swiss Exchange.
Any decision to purchase shares of Petroplus Holdings AG should be
solely based on a respective Offering Memorandum.

This news release is not an offer of securities for sale in the
United States of America. The securities have not been registered
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America
absent registration or an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act. Petroplus Holdings AG does not intend to make a public
offering of securities in the United States of America.

The information contained in this press release is not for
publication or distribution in Canada, Australia or Japan and does not
constitute an offer of securities for sale in Canada, Australia or
Japan.