Holding(s) in Company

Cairn Energy PLC
18 August 2004




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                  18 August 2004

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

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

Cairn was notified on 17 August 2004 by Deutsche Bank AG London that Deutsche
Bank AG and its subsidiaries no longer have a notifiable interest in the
Company.



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