Genel Energy Regulatory News (GENL)

Genel Energy plc advises that it has received the notification set out below from NR Holdings Limited pursuant to DTR 5 of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Sarah Robertson

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 20 7659 5118

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

GENEL ENERGY PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Increase in voting rights due to buyback of shares by the Company on 11 December 2014

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

NR Holdings Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Chase Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

11.12.2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17.12.2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Increase in voting rights from in excess 8% to in excess of 9%.

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 10p shares

JE00B55Q3P39

22,119,970

22,119,970,

22,119,970

22,119,970

0

9.003

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 22,119,970

Percentage of voting rights 9.003

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

David Larkin

15. Contact telephone number:

01481 729466