Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7081T

Cairn Energy PLC

10 June 2009

 



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				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 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		HSBC Holdings Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv		Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Limited Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (Singapore) Limited HSBC Investment Management LOUVRE GESTION Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited HSBC Trustee (Singapore) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		9th June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10th June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		From 8% to 9%

8. Notified details:

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

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1RZDL64

10,095,083

10,095,083

N/A

N/A

12,464,494

N/A

9.05%

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 economic effect 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

12,464,494

9.05%

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

 

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