Holding(s) in Company

Cairn Energy PLC
26 October 2005





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                 26 October 2005


                           Cairn Energy PLC ('Cairn')

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

On 25 October 2005, Cairn was notified by Deutsche Bank AG that it and its
subsidiary companies no longer have a notifiable interest in Cairn's current
issued ordinary share capital.


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