Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6785F

Alkane Energy PLC

28 May 2013

Alkane Energy plc

("Alkane" or "the Company")

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The Company has received notification from Alliance Trust Plc ("Alliance") informing it that they currently hold 6,363,982 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 5.15% of the voting rights of the Company that currently stands at 123,585,247 Ordinary Shares. No treasury shares are held by the Company.