Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Cairn Energy PLC

Ordinary shares of 6 2/13 pence

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify): Holding as at 2nd March 2009

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

TT INTERNATIONAL

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

- Alberta Revenue Trust

- Alfanar Europe Ltd

- Avon European Fund

- Bank Of Ireland Private Banking Limited

- Bath & North East Somerset Pension Fund

- Barclays UK Alpha

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation

- Retirement Plan For Canadian Utilities Employees 

- Retirement System Of The City Of Detroit

- The Trustees Of The Civil Aviation Authority

- Police And Fireman Retirement System Of Detroit

- EDS Retirement Plan Trust

- Eli Lilly

- Frank Russell Etolie Multi Gestion Europe

- RBS UK Equity Fund 

- Federal Express Corp

- Frank Russell Pan European Equity Fund

- Frank Russell UK Equity Plus

- Gard Common Contractual Fund

- Government of Singapore investment corporation Pte ltd

- IBM Retirement Fund

- Ikano European Fund

- Kresge Foundation

- L And G (Barclays) UK Alpha S1

- L And G (Barclays) UK Alpha S2

- Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System

- LGT Capital Invest (Sc3) Limited

- LKCM International Fund

- Main IV Universal Fund

- McDermott Pension Fund

- MSMM Pan European Equity Fund

- Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

- Ohio Schools Employee Retirement System

- Oregon State Treasury

- Pensiondanmark Invest F.M.B.A

- Pensioenfonds Vervoer

- Permal European Long Only

- PPL Electric Utilities

- Railpen

- Saudi Aramco Retirement Trust 

- The Saudi Arabian Oil Company Retirement Income Plan

- Scotia Gas UK Fund

- Scottish Widows Inv Partnership Uk Equity Focus Fund 

- SEI Islamic European Equity Fund

- SGMF Pan Europe

- Tacoma Employees

- Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System

- Tesco Pensions Trustees Limited 

- The Pensions Trust UK Equity Fund

- TT European Equity Fund

- TT International Fund Eafe - Cad

- TT International Investment Trust

- TT UK Equity Fund

- Valance

- Victoria Pan European Fund

- Wirral Borough Council as Administering Authority

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

2nd MARCH

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4th MARCH

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ord 

GB00B1RZDL64

6,472,257

4.94%

6,580,222

6,580,222

-

5.02%

-

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,580,222

5.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

N/A

14 Contact name:

N/A

15. Contact telephone name:

N/A

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

TT International 

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

Moor House, Level 13

120 London Wall, London EC2Y 5ET

Phone number & email

0207 509 1000

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Austin Allison -Head Of Compliance and Legal 

Yinka Osindero - Compliance Officer

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Alethea Nugent

Contact address

As Above

Phone number & email

As Above

[email protected]

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Assistant Compliance Officer

C: Additional information: 

- None