Genel Energy — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Sep 21, 2015

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RNS Number : 6847Z

Genel Energy PLC

21 September 2015

21 September 2015

Genel Energy plc

Genel Energy plc advises that it has received the notification set out below from Putnam Investments, LLC pursuant to DTR 5 of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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For further information please contact:

Genel Energy Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations	+44 20 7659 5100

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 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 the notification 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 on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		17 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5.00%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 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 financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		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 the financial 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 cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Skip Short
15. Contact telephone number:	1-617-760-8371

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