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

V
oting
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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