RNS Number : 9220E

Cairn Energy PLC

16 May 2013



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                   16 May 2013

CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")

Interests of PDMR in the Company's Shares

Cairn announces that on 16 May 2013, Ian Watt, Regional Director (North Atlantic), sold 30,000 Ordinary Shares of ²³¹/₁₆₉ pence each in the Company at a price of £2.80 per share.

Following this announcement, the above mentioned PDMR's beneficial interests in the Ordinary Shares of the Company are as follows:-

PDMR	Previous Ordinary Shares	Current Ordinary Shares	% Issued Share Capital	Outstanding Awards under 2009 LTIP
Ian Watt	62,740	32,740	0.005	361,323

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