RNS Number : 1916H

Cairn Energy PLC

11 March 2015



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                               11 March 2015

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

Interests of Chief Executive in the Company's Shares

Cairn announces that on, Simon Thomson, Chief Executive, has today purchased 50,000 Ordinary Shares of ²³¹/₁₆₉ pence each in the Company at a price of £1.49787 per share.

Following this purchase, the Chief Executive's beneficial interests in the Ordinary Shares of the Company are as follows:-

Director / PDMR	Previous Ordinary Shares	Current Ordinary Shares	% Issued Share Capital	Outstanding Awards under 2009 LTIP
				Ordinary Shares
Simon Thomson	457,567	507,567	0.088	2,038,861

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