REG - Alkane Energy PLCAlliance Trust PLC - TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares <Origin Href="QuoteRef">ALKN.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">ATST.L</Origin>

Alliance TrustAnnouncement

06/09/2014 20:34

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on the link
below:

http://pdf.reuters.com/Regnews/regnews.asp?i=43059c3bf0e37541&u=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20140724:nRSX2684Na


RNS Number : 2684N
Alkane Energy PLC
24 July 2014 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                                                                                               Alkane Energy PLC                                                                                            
 of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 attached:ii                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                                                                                        
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                                                                      No                                                                                                           
 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached  No                                                                                                           
 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments                                                       No                                                                                                           
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                                                                                 No                                                                                                           
 Other (please specify):                                                                                                                                          Change of shares in issue                                                                                    Yes  
 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                                                                                                         ALLIANCE TRUST PLC                                                                                           
 notification obligation:iii                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                                                                                   ALLIANCE TRUST SUSTAINABLE FUTURE UK GROWTH FUND (A SUB-FUND OF THE ALLIANCE TRUST SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ICVC)  
  (if different from 3.):iv                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                                                                                           21 July 2014                                                                                                 
 which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 reached:v                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                                                                                24 July 2014                                                                                                 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                                                                                           5% of voting rights.                                                                                         
 reached: vi, vii                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
 8. Notified details:                          
 A:  Voting rights attached to shares          
 Class/typeof shares If possible using the ISIN 
 CODE Situationprevious to                     
 theTriggeringtransaction  Resulting situation 
 after the triggering transaction              
 Numberofshares NumberofVotingRights           
 Numberofshares Number of votingrights % of    
 voting rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct   
 Indirect  GB0003286613   N/A   6,228,982       
       Nil    Nil   6,228,982             N/A   
  4.253%                                       
                                               
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments           
 Resulting situation after the triggering      
 transaction                                   
 Type of financial                             Expiration                   Exercise/               Number of voting          % of voting                                   
 instrument                                    date xiii                    Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be        rights                                        
                                                                                                    acquired if the                                                         
                                                                                                    instrument is                                                           
                                                                                                    exercised/ converted.                                                   
 N/A                                           N/A                          N/A                     N/A                       N/A                                           
                                               
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
 effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, 
 xvi                                           
 Resulting situation after the triggering      
 transaction                                   
 Type of financial                             Exercise price               Expiration date xvii    Exercise/                 Number of voting rights instrument refers to  % of voting rights xix, xx  
 instrument                                                                                         Conversion period xviii                                                                             
 N/A                                           N/A                          N/A                     N/A                       N/A                                           Nominal                     Delta  
 N/A                                           N/A                          
                                               
 Total (A+B+C)                                 
 Number of voting rights                       Percentage of voting rights  
 6,228,982                                     4.253%                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
 
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii 
 
Number of voting rights instrument refers to 
 
% of voting rights xix, xx 
 
N/A 
 
N/A 
 
N/A 
 
N/A 
 
N/A 
 
Nominal 
 
Delta 
 
N/A 
 
N/A 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
 
Number of voting rights 
 
Percentage of voting rights 
 
6,228,982 
 
4.253% 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                                                                                                                                                                            
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Alliance Trust PLC is the parent of Alliance Trust Investments Limited which is the Authorised Corporate Director for the Alliance Trust Sustainable Future ICVC. These holdings are held within one of the constituent funds of this ICVC umbrella as listed in 4 above  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Proxy Voting:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             N/A                                  
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                                                                                                                                                                                                       N/A                                  
 to hold:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                                                                                                                                                                                                         N/A                                  
 voting rights:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 13. Additional information:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 14. Contact name:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mr Ian Anderson, Alliance Trust PLC  
 15. Contact telephone number:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             01382 321238                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
 
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange