Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6349D

Cairn Energy PLC

17 September 2008

 

    
TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	CAIRN 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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	HSBC Holdings Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	HSBC FINANCIAL PRODUCTS (FRANCE) Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited Halbis Capital Management (UK) Limited HSBC Bank plc HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Limited HSBC Investment Management Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	12th Sep 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15th Sep 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1RZDL64	11,486,529	11,486,529	NA	NA	10,419,347	NA	7.95 %

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
10,419,347	7.95 %

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

HSBC Bank Plc

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:	None
14. Contact name:	Baljeet Gill
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7991 6555

Notes to the Forms 

 

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