Replacement Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1509B

Cairn Energy PLC

27 February 2014

 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                  27 February 2014

CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")

Replacement - Transaction in Own Shares

The following amendment has been made to the 'Transaction in Own Shares' announcement released on 27 February 2014 at 16:57 under RNS No 1475B.

A change to the total number of voting rights in Cairn as set out in the second paragraph of the annoucement has been made.  

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below.

Cairn announces that on 26 February 2014, it has purchased 450,000 shares of ²³¹/₁₆₉ pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company for cancellation. The average price paid by the Company was £1.9278 per Ordinary Share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were £1.9470 and £1.9150 respectively.

The total number of voting rights in Cairn, as at the date of this announcement, is 582,881,805. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

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