Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Alkane Energy plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes

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

 No

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

 No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 No

Other (please specify):

 No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 Gartmore Investment Limited

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

See section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 21 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 22 July 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 28%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB003286613

25,274,997 

 25,274,997

 26,074,997

 26,074,997

 28.073%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 26,074,997

28.073% 

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

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:

 All figures are based on the company's issued share capital of 92,883,878 as provided by Exshare

Email contact RDU@Gartmore.com

14. Contact name:

RDU 

15. Contact telephone number:

 0207 782 2324