2nd Mar 2005 12:39
Cairn Energy PLC02 March 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 March 2005 Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn") Notification of Shareholding - Companies Act 1985 ss.198-202 (as amended) On 1 March 2005, Cairn was notified by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., on behalf ofitself and certain holding companies of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers GroupLimited and of certain other companies, that they had an aggregate interest in 19,927,751 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in Cairn, representing approximately12.53% of Cairn's current issued ordinary share capital. The registered holders to which this notification related and the number ofshares held by those registered holders as at 25 February 2005 (if known) wereas follows:- REGISTERED HOLDER NUMBER OF SHARES NATURE OF INTEREST(IF KNOWN) Nutraco Nominees Limited (Des & Undes) 11,082,437 Non-beneficialMerrill Lynch Pension Nominees LimitedA/C Noncert 1,194,530 BeneficialStamford Nominees Limited A/C Charty 17,908 Non-beneficialStamford Nominees Limited (Undes) 500 Non-beneficialPossfund Nominees Limited 929,835 Non-beneficialBritel Nominees Limited 1,130,147 Non-beneficialTreasury of the Government of the Isleof Man Nominees A/C 5 213,000 Non-beneficialTreasury of the Government of the Isleof Man Nominees A/C 10 101,300 Non-beneficialMorgan Nominees Limited 285,558 Non-beneficialState Street Nominees Limited 156,666 Non-beneficialChase Nominees Limited 600,608 Non-beneficialNortrust Nominees Limited 1,002,340 Non-beneficialBank of New York Nominees Limited 212,453 Non-beneficialOther Names 3,000,469 Non-beneficial 19,927,751 12.53% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Capricorn Energy PLC