Holding(s) in Company

Genel Energy

Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary

Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations

+44 20 7659 5100

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

X

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):

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

Putnam Investments Limited, Putnam Investments Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC, all of which are investment management subsidiaries of Putnam Investments, LLC

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

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

17 September 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18 September 2015

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

5.00%

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

ORD 10P

JE00B55Q3P39

Below 5%

Below 5%

12,450,160

12,450,160

5.00

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

Percentage of voting rights

12,450,160

5.00

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

Putnam Investments Limited, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, holds 3,078,645 (1.24%) ordinary shares on behalf of institutional client accounts that it manages.

Putnam Investments Management, LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, holds 8,941,419 (3.59%) ordinary shares in various Putnam retail mutual funds which it manages.

The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, holds 430,096 (0.17%) ordinary shares on behalf of institutional client accounts that it manages.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Skip Short

15. Contact telephone number:

1-617-760-8371