Genel Energy PLC : Holding(s) in Company

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Genel Energy plc advises that it has received the notification set out below from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. pursuant to DTR 5 of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Sarah Robertson

Company Secretary

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of theissuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Genel Energy PLC
2 Reason for the notification (pleasetick theappropriate box or boxes):
Anacquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
Anacquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instrumentswhich may result inthe acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rightsare attached
Anacquisition or disposal of instrumentswith similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
Anevent changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	OppenheimerFunds, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (ifdifferent from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold iscrossed or reached: v	December 30, 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	December 31, 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5.00% (increased to 5.13%)

	8. Notified details:
	Investor Relations Contact: Genel Energy Plc 1 Grafton St City of Westminster London W1S 4FE United Kingdominv e s tor.rel ati ons @ge nel e n ergy . c om
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	xi Direct	xii Indirect	Direct	Indirect
JE00B55Q3P39		11,640,202	11,640,202	11,959,063		11,959,063		5.13%

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 economiceffect 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
11,959,063	5.13%

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

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") is a registered investment advisor withthe U.S. SEC. Its ultimate parent company, Massachusetts Mutual LifeInsurance Company, qualifies for disaggregationunder FSA regulations. The shares of the issuer areheldby investment accounts managed by OFI and its subsidiary, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. ("OFIG").

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Mark Wellen, Senior Compliance Specialist, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001(303) 768-5896

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