CAPRICORN ENERGY PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Dec 7, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 December 2021

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

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

Cairn announces that, on 6 December 2021, it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of ²¹/¹³ pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc ("Morgan Stanley"). Such purchase was effected pursuant to the instructions issued by the Company in accordance with the non-discretionary share repurchase arrangements entered into with Morgan Stanley, as announced on 15 November 2021.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	6 December 2021
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	70,466
Lowest price paid per share:	178.70 pence
Highest price paid per share:	184.40 pence
Average price paid per share:	181.12 pence

The Company intends to cancel the purchased Ordinary Shares.

Since 15 November 2021, the Company has purchased 1,211,461 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £2,266,289.12.

A full breakdown of the individual trades made by Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Company as part of the share repurchase programme is set out below.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

Enquiries Analysts/Investors
David Nisbet, Corporate Affairs Media	Tel: 0131 475 3000
Linda Bain/Jonathan Milne, Corporate Affairs	Tel: 0131 475 3000

Transaction Details:

Date	Time (BST)	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange Venue	Reference number of the transaction
06/12/2021	08:00:11	182.90	258	LSE	E08NJnqDZi8Z
06/12/2021	08:45:35	182.30	1,056	LSE	E08NJnqDb1wD
06/12/2021	09:09:03	183.60	2,863	LSE	E08NJnqDbYhn
06/12/2021	09:12:46	183.40	1,116	LSE	E08NJnqDbcYV
06/12/2021	09:27:53	184.40	800	LSE	E08NJnqDbsJM
06/12/2021	09:27:53	184.40	400	LSE	E08NJnqDbsJO
06/12/2021	09:27:53	184.40	355	LSE	E08NJnqDbsJS
06/12/2021	09:32:03	184.10	154	LSE	E08NJnqDbw32
06/12/2021	09:32:03	184.10	1,065	LSE	E08NJnqDbw34
06/12/2021	09:39:16	183.80	400	LSE	E08NJnqDc3om
06/12/2021	09:39:16	183.80	642	LSE	E08NJnqDc3oo
06/12/2021	09:39:16	183.60	468	LSE	E08NJnqDc3pS
06/12/2021	09:39:16	183.60	541	LSE	E08NJnqDc3pU
06/12/2021	10:25:22	183.90	1,097	LSE	E08NJnqDctNc
06/12/2021	10:25:22	183.80	384	LSE	E08NJnqDctNr
06/12/2021	10:25:22	183.80	668	LSE	E08NJnqDctO5
06/12/2021	11:10:56	183.80	1,018	LSE	E08NJnqDdbGk
06/12/2021	11:25:55	183.60	1,126	LSE	E08NJnqDdmdK
06/12/2021	11:25:55	183.40	747	LSE	E08NJnqDdmdt
06/12/2021	11:25:55	183.40	400	LSE	E08NJnqDdme0
06/12/2021	11:25:55	183.40	20	LSE	E08NJnqDdme2
06/12/2021	11:33:18	183.20	120	LSE	E08NJnqDdtSS
06/12/2021	11:33:18	183.20	1,635	LSE	E08NJnqDdtSU
06/12/2021	12:24:11	182.70	274	LSE	E08NJnqDeZ4m
06/12/2021	12:25:24	182.70	1,427	LSE	E08NJnqDea4c
06/12/2021	13:04:58	182.20	1,025	LSE	E08NJnqDf2nV
06/12/2021	13:50:59	182.20	279	LSE	E08NJnqDfi3V
06/12/2021	13:50:59	182.20	213	LSE	E08NJnqDfi3X
06/12/2021	14:09:19	182.30	206	LSE	E08NJnqDg10w
06/12/2021	14:09:19	182.30	800	LSE	E08NJnqDg10y
06/12/2021	14:09:19	182.30	73	LSE	E08NJnqDg110
06/12/2021	14:12:46	182.30	1,150	LSE	E08NJnqDg55S
06/12/2021	14:12:46	182.20	239	LSE	E08NJnqDg55V
06/12/2021	14:12:46	182.20	148	LSE	E08NJnqDg55Y
06/12/2021	14:13:44	182.20	177	LSE	E08NJnqDg6V1
06/12/2021	14:17:57	182.10	1,179	LSE	E08NJnqDgAng
06/12/2021	14:24:01	182.00	1,331	LSE	E08NJnqDgIZk

06/12/2021	14:24:03	181.70	1,389	LSE	E08NJnqDgId2
06/12/2021	14:32:17	181.40	1,284	LSE	E08NJnqDgYsl
06/12/2021	14:35:13	181.00	775	LSE	E08NJnqDggkN
06/12/2021	14:35:13	181.00	279	LSE	E08NJnqDggkP
06/12/2021	14:35:13	181.00	64	LSE	E08NJnqDggka
06/12/2021	14:35:13	181.00	279	LSE	E08NJnqDggkc
06/12/2021	14:36:07	180.60	1,225	LSE	E08NJnqDgjYa
06/12/2021	15:05:09	180.90	1,028	LSE	E08NJnqDi2GV
06/12/2021	15:05:19	180.60	545	LSE	E08NJnqDi2iP
06/12/2021	15:05:19	180.60	400	LSE	E08NJnqDi2iR
06/12/2021	15:05:19	180.60	410	LSE	E08NJnqDi2id
06/12/2021	15:07:17	180.50	1,350	LSE	E08NJnqDi7PJ
06/12/2021	15:17:42	180.20	589	LSE	E08NJnqDiWW7
06/12/2021	15:17:42	180.20	730	LSE	E08NJnqDiWW9
06/12/2021	15:43:30	180.90	1,128	LSE	E08NJnqDjIT2
06/12/2021	16:04:39	181.00	195	LSE	E08NJnqDjqH2
06/12/2021	16:04:39	181.00	800	LSE	E08NJnqDjqH4
06/12/2021	16:04:39	181.00	156	LSE	E08NJnqDjqH6
06/12/2021	16:05:51	180.90	1,052	LSE	E08NJnqDjsUc
06/12/2021	16:06:24	180.80	27	LSE	E08NJnqDjtNL
06/12/2021	16:06:24	180.80	400	LSE	E08NJnqDjtNN
06/12/2021	16:06:24	180.80	886	LSE	E08NJnqDjtNT
06/12/2021	16:07:27	180.70	1,347	LSE	E08NJnqDjvFN
06/12/2021	16:08:15	180.60	1,083	LSE	E08NJnqDjwDW
06/12/2021	16:09:16	180.50	357	LSE	E08NJnqDjxlS
06/12/2021	16:09:54	180.50	1,961	LSE	E08NJnqDjyyD
06/12/2021	16:10:31	180.10	1,406	LSE	E08NJnqDjzzG
06/12/2021	16:12:44	179.40	74	LSE	E08NJnqDk4bU
06/12/2021	16:12:44	179.40	936	LSE	E08NJnqDk4bc
06/12/2021	16:12:46	179.30	978	LSE	E08NJnqDk4gP
06/12/2021	16:12:47	179.20	519	LSE	E08NJnqDk4kG
06/12/2021	16:12:47	179.20	469	LSE	E08NJnqDk4kP
06/12/2021	16:15:44	179.10	452	LSE	E08NJnqDkAYY
06/12/2021	16:15:51	179.00	1,233	LSE	E08NJnqDkAlM
06/12/2021	16:18:58	178.80	1,147	LSE	E08NJnqDkGhX
06/12/2021	16:19:57	178.70	1,084	LSE	E08NJnqDkIAu
06/12/2021	16:20:51	179.00	1,021	LSE	E08NJnqDkKY6
06/12/2021	16:22:31	178.90	5,842	LSE	E08NJnqDkO4P
06/12/2021	16:22:31	178.80	336	LSE	E08NJnqDkO4q
06/12/2021	16:22:31	178.80	439	LSE	E08NJnqDkO4v

06/12/2021	16:22:31	178.80	400	LSE	E08NJnqDkO4x
06/12/2021	16:22:32	178.80	69	LSE	E08NJnqDkO5G
06/12/2021	16:22:35	178.70	100	LSE	E08NJnqDkODj
06/12/2021	16:22:36	178.70	917	LSE	E08NJnqDkOEF
06/12/2021	16:25:10	178.70	1,183	LSE	E08NJnqDkU1B
06/12/2021	16:25:35	178.70	756	LSE	E08NJnqDkVAj
06/12/2021	16:29:12	180.10	3,829	LSE	E08NJnqDkdH0
06/12/2021	16:29:33	180.00	44	LSE	E08NJnqDkeNj
06/12/2021	16:29:34	180.00	263	LSE	E08NJnqDkeRW
06/12/2021	16:29:34	180.00	1,095	LSE	E08NJnqDkeRY
06/12/2021	16:29:40	180.00	281	LSE	E08NJnqDkesj