EDL.L Regulatory News (EDL)

Edenville Energy Plc

("the Company")

Holding in Company

Edenville Energy plc (AIM:EDL), the coal focused African energy exploration and development company was notified on 24 Dec 2012 that Henderson Global Investors ("Hendersons") purchased a total of 4,815,236 ordinary shares of the Company on 21 Dec 2012. Consequently, Hendersons is now interested in 848,690,925 ordinary shares representing 19.08% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Contacts:

Edenville Energy plc

Simon Rollason - Chairman

Rakesh Patel - Finance Director

 www.edenville-energy.com +44 (0) 20 7653 9855

finnCap Limited

Charlotte Stranner/Geoff Nash +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Newgate Threadneedle

Graham Herring/Richard Gotla +44 (0) 20 7653 9855