Holding(s) in Company

Cairn Energy PLC
1 May 2002

1 May 2002


                  Cairn Energy PLC ('Cairn' or 'the Company')


   Notification of Shareholding - Companies Act 1985 ss.198-202 (as amended)


Cairn was notified on 1 May 2002 by Deutsche Bank AG London on behalf of
Deutsche Bank AG that Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiaries no longer have a
notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company.




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