8th Mar 2006 16:52
Alkane Energy PLC08 March 2006 ALKANE ENERGY PLC (the "Company")8 MARCH 2006NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES The Company has today received notification of the following major interest inshares. 1. Name of Company: Alkane Energy plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Gartmore Investment Limited and Gartmore Fund Managers Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse 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: Beneficial Owner Registered Owner Number of SharesGartmore Fund Managers Ltd a/c Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd 6,438,238Strathclyde Pension Fund Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,744,779The Alphagen Volantis Fund Limited Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 1945 2,916,822Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust Plc BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C LST 1,832,102Gartmore Growth Opportunities Plc BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C NWSC 569,878 The Gartmore Limited Issue UK Small Cap Fund Ltd Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd 500,000 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:4,000,000 6. Percentage of issued class:4.38% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:N/a 8. Percentage of issued class:N/a 9. Class of security:Ordinary shares of 0.5p each 10. Date of transaction:7 March 2006 11. Date company informed:8 March 2006 12. Total holding following this notification:15,001,819 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:16.41% 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:8 March 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Alkemy Capital.