Total Voting Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

31 December 2013

CAIRN ENERGY PLC (the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the provisions of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of shares in the capital of the Company as at the date of this notice is as follows:

Class Nominal value Number Voting

per share in issue rights attached

Ordinary Shares 231/169 pence 595,057,475 595,057,475

This number excludes shares bought back by the Company pursuant to its share buyback programme but which are not yet cancelled.

The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.