31st Mar 2005 15:59
Cairn Energy PLC31 March 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 March 2005 Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn") Notification of Shareholding - Companies Act 1985 ss.198-202 (as amended) On 31 March 2005, Cairn was notified by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., on behalf ofitself and certain holding companies of Merrill Lynch Investment ManagersLimited and of certain other companies, that they had an aggregate interest in 20,200,048 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in Cairn, representing approximately12.69% 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 29 March 2005 (if known) were asfollows:- REGISTERED HOLDER NUMBER OF SHARES NATURE OF INTEREST(IF KNOWN) Nutraco Nominees Limited (Des & Undes) 10,891,164 Non-beneficialMerrill Lynch Pension Nominees LimitedA/C Noncert 1,238,031 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-beneficialOther Names 5,678,163 Non-beneficial 20,200,048 12.69% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Capricorn Energy PLC