Holding in Company

30 Aug 2005 11:19

Alkane Energy PLC30 August 2005 ALKANE ENERGY PLC (the "Company") 30 AUGUST 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Name of Company: Alkane Energy plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Apax Partners 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Persons in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Apax (OCS) Nominees Limited on behalf of Apax UK V - A, L.P., and Apax UK V - B 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: N/a 6. Percentage of issued class: N/a 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 6,855,000 8. Percentage of issued class: 7.54% 9. Class of security: Ordinary shares of 0.5p each 10. Date of transaction: 25 August 2005 11. Date company informed: 26 August 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: TOTAL 6,771,000 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: TOTAL 7.45% 14. Any additional information: N/a 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Steve Goalby, +44 (0) 1623 827922 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification: Steve Goalby, Finance Director Date of notification: 30/08/05 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange