24th Oct 2006 12:57
Alkane Energy PLC24 October 2006 ALKANE ENERGY PLC (the "Company") 24 OCTOBER 2006 NOTIFICATION 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: UBS AG 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 18Persons 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 Shares UBS AG UBS AG London Branch 5,351,822 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: Not disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class: Not disclosed 9. Class of security: Ordinary shares of 0.5p each 10. Date of transaction: Not disclosed 11. Date company informed: 24 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 5,351,822 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 5.83% 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: 24 October 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Alkemy Capital.