Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7585V

Cairn Energy PLC

18 January 2012

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with the issuer exclude the annex

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
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:		Capital Group International, Inc.
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed reached:		16 January 2012
6.   Date on which the issuer notified:		17 January 2012
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Below 4%

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	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB00B59MW615	57,129,819	57,129,819		56,167,419		56,167,419		3.9903%

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
56,167,419	3.9903%

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

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:

Note:  Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Capital Group International, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor               Los Angeles, California 90025
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:  Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Vivien Tan
Contact address	11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 15th Floor               Los Angeles, California 90025
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Fax: [phone]

C:  Additional Information

Commencing 20 January 2007, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., no longer reports ownership of securities.  Capital Group International, Inc. and Capital Research and Management Company now report relevant holdings separately for the purposes of the new DTR Handbook.

 

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