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18 September 2015 
                     
                                                        Genel Energy plc  

Genel   Energy plc advises that it has received the notification set out below from   The Capital Group   Companies Inc. pursuant to DTR 5 of the FCA's   Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
 
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For further information   please contact:    

Genel Energy                                              +44 20 7659 5100      
Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary   
Phil Corbett, Head of  Investor Relations    
  
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		 The Capital Group   Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
   (if different from 3.):iv		 See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and   date on
  which the threshold is crossed or
  reached: v		 16 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 17 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed   or
  reached: vi, vii		 Below 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of
  shares  
  		Situation
  to the
  transaction		 Previous
  triggering		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if   possible using
  the ISIN CODE		 Number
  of
  Shares		 Number
  of
  Voting
  Rights		 Number
  of shares		 Number
  rights		 of voting % of rights x voting
Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect
Ordinary(JE00B55Q3P39) 12,941,000 12,941,000 12,158,949 4.8878%

 
            

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
n/a
C: Financial
  Instruments 		Instruments
  xv, xvi		 with similar
 
  		Economic
 
  		effect to
 
  		Qualifying
 
  		Financial
 
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
n/a     Nominal
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
12,158,949 4.8878%

9. Chain of controlled   undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
 See   Schedule A
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:
15. Contact telephone number:

As of 16 September 2015

Genel Energy plc

Number   ofShares  Percent   of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.   ("CG") holdings  12,158,949 4.888%
Holdings by CG Management   Companies and Funds: 
• Capital Research and Management   Company 12,158,949 4.888%
• New World Fund, Inc.