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Cairn Energy PLC06 December 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 December 2005 Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn") Notification of Shareholding - Companies Act 1985 ss.198-202 (as amended) On 6 December 2005, Cairn was notified by Merrill Lynch Investment ManagersGroup Limited ("MLIM") on behalf of itself and certain of its subsidiaries, thatthey had an aggregate interest in 18,824,367 ordinary shares of 10 pence each inCairn, representing approximately 11.78% of Cairn's current issued ordinaryshare capital. The registered holders to which this notification relates and the number ofshares held by those registered holders as at 1 December (if known) were asfollows:- Registered Holder Number of Nature of Interest Shares Nutraco Nominees Limited (Des & Undes) 9,873,840 Non-beneficialMerrill Lynch Pension Nominees LimitedA/C Noncert 846,175 BeneficialStamford Nominees Limited (Undes) 1,000 Non-beneficialPossfund Nominees Limited 569,794 Non-beneficialBritel Nominees Limited 693,592 Non-beneficialTreasury of the Government of the Isleof ManNominess A/C 5 182,830 Non-beneficialTreasury of the Government of the Isleof ManNominees A/C 10 126,893 Non-beneficialOther Names 6,530,243 Non-beneficial 18,824,367 11.78% In addition to the interests noted above, and also on 6 December 2005, Cairn wasnotified by Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. that it and Merrill Lynch Group Inc. (bothof which are holding companies of MLIM) held the following interests in Cairnshares as at 1 December 2005. Company Number of Shares Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc 327,400Merrill Lynch Group, Inc 18,956 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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