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RNS Number : 2868I

Cairn Energy PLC

31 March 2020

31 March 2020

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

Report and Accounts

The Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 (the "Report and Accounts") was posted to shareholders today.

A copy of the Report and Accounts has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM . The Report and Accounts is also available on the Company's website at www.cairnenergy.com .

The Report and Accounts was finalised in advance of the measures put in place by the UK and Scottish Governments to tackle the global COVID-19 pandemic and, as such, there are references included in the Report and Accounts to the 2020 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") taking place at The Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Edinburgh on 14 May 2020. It currently appears unlikely that it will be possible to hold a meeting at The Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hotel on 14 May. The Board has, accordingly, made the decision to delay the finalisation and issue of the notice of the AGM. The health and wellbeing of our shareholders, employees, advisers and of the general public is of upmost importance to the Board. The Company is committed to minimising the unnecessary movement of people at this time. Arrangements for the 2020 AGM are being considered and will be advised in due course on the Cairn Energy PLC website (www.cairnenergy.com), by email broadcast to those shareholders who have elected to receive notifications by email, by RNS announcement and by the posting of the Notice of AGM with the form of proxy for proxy voting. The Board recognises that, in the absence of any dispensation, UK company law and the Company's own articles of association require the AGM to be held within the period of six months following the financial year end, therefore by 30 June 2020. If and to the extent required, appropriate guidance will be sought on reconciling this requirement with the emergency legislative measures.

Defined terms used in this announcement shall, unless otherwise specifically defined herein, have the same meanings as in the Report and Accounts.

Report and Accounts - Information required by Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5

The information set out below, which is extracted from the Report and Accounts, is included in this announcement for the sole purpose of complying with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5 and the requirements it imposes on issuers as to how to make annual financial reports public. It should be read in conjunction with the Company's preliminary results announcement, released on 10 March 2020 (the "Preliminary Results Announcement"). This material is not a substitute for reading the full 2019 annual report and accounts. Page numbers and cross-references in the extracted information below refer to page numbers and cross-references in the Report and Accounts.

Directors' responsibility statement

The following statement is extracted from page 127 of the Report and Accounts. This statement is repeated here solely for the purposes of complying with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5. This statement relates to and is extracted from the Annual Report and Accounts. It is not connected to the extracted information presented in this announcement or in the Preliminary Results Announcement.

'Directors' Responsibility Statement

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Accounts, the Directors' Remuneration Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year. Under that law, the Directors have prepared the Group and parent Company Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and as adopted by the European Union (EU). Under company law, the Directors must not approve the Financial Statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit or loss of the Group and Company for that period. In preparing these Financial Statements, the Directors are required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

- state whether applicable IFRS issued by the IASB and adopted by the EU have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements; and

- prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and Company and enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements and the Directors' Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group Financial Statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Company's website (www.cairnenergy.com). Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of Financial Statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Following careful review and consideration of the Cairn Energy PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2019 (the "Accounts"), the Directors consider that the Accounts, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and provide the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Group's performance, business model and strategy.

Directors' Statement Pursuant to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are listed in the Board of Directors section on pages 74 and 75, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge:

- the Group Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position, and loss of the Group and loss of the Company; and

- the Strategic Report section on pages 2 to 71 of this document includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.'

The names of the directors who have given this responsibility statement are:

Ian Tyler (Non-Executive Chairman)

Todd Hunt (Non-Executive Director)

Keith Lough (Non-Executive Director)

Peter Kallos (Non-Executive Director)

Nicoletta Giadrossi (Non-Executive Director)

Alison Wood (Non-Executive Director)

Catherine Krajicek (Non-Executive Director)

Simon Thomson (Chief Executive)

James Smith (Chief Financial Officer)

Principal risks and uncertainties

The following description of the principal risks and uncertainties is extracted from pages 39 - 45 of the Report and Accounts.

"Principal risks to the Group in 2019-2020

The following pages provide a summary overview of the principal risks to the Group at the end of 2019, the potential impacts, the mitigation measures, the risk appetite and the KPIs or strategic objectives the risks may impact.

During 2019, through a number of internal forums such as the Board, the Group Risk Management Committee and Management Team, the Group reviewed the risks which could adversely affect the achievement of strategic objectives.

Cairn's principal risks are considered, in line with the Group Viability Statement, over a three year period. In addition to this three year assessment, Cairn actively considers emerging risks and threats as part of its risk assessment process.

 
#1 Deliver exploration success 
Principal risk: Lack of exploration success 
 Owner: Director of Exploration 
Risk appetite          High - Exposure to exploration and appraisal failure is 
                        inherent in accessing the significant upside potential of 
                        exploration projects and this has been, and remains, a core 
                        value driver for Cairn. The Group invests in data and exploits 
                        the strong experience of Cairn's technical teams to mitigate 
                        this risk. 
Impact                 Mitigation                         2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Limited or             Active programme for               This risk remained            Mature new exploration 
 no value creation      high-grading new areas             static in 2019.               or appraisal targets 
 Failure of             through licence rounds,            In 2019, three wells          with JV support for 
 the balanced           farm-ins and other transactions.   in Norway (Presto,            drilling in the period 
 portfolio business     Portfolio of prospects             Lynghaug and Godalen),        2020-2022. 
 model                  and leads that offer               one in the UK (Chimera)       Successfully drill 
 Negative market        opportunities with a               and two in Mexico             and evaluate the wells 
 reaction               balance of geological              (Alom and Saasken)            planned for the 2020 
                        and technical risks.               were successfully             work programme. 
                        Highly competent team              drilled. The Saasken          Discover or add potentially 
                        applying a thorough                well made a new oil           commercial hydrocarbons 
                        review process to prospects        discovery on Block            with threshold, target 
                        and development opportunities,     10, Mexico, and according     and stretch levels 
                        and a team of geoscientists        to preliminary estimates,     identified for measurement. 
                        with a track record                may contain between 
                        of delivering exploration          200 and 300 million 
                        success.                           barrels of oil in 
                        Establishment of Exploration       place. All other 
                        Leadership Team to undertake       wells were reported 
                        peer reviews and assurance.        as dry and plugged 
                                                           and abandoned. 
---------------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
#2 progress developments 
Principal risk: Delay in Senegal production start-up schedule 
 Owner: General Manager, Senegal 
Risk appetite          Medium - Developments are commonly subject to cost impacts 
                        and schedule delays. The Group therefore has a medium appetite 
                        for risk taking in the development stage. 
Impact                 Mitigation                         2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Delay or reduction     Actively engage with               This risk remained            Achieve certain milestones 
 in future cash         JV partners early to               static in 2019.               on the Sangomar (formerly 
 flow                   ensure highly effective            The SNE field development     SNE) development in 
 Project delays         working relationships.             first phase remains           categories of subsurface, 
 Negative market        Frequent site visits               on schedule, targeting        wells, subsea, FPSO 
 reaction               to key contractor sites            first oil in 2023             and project controls. 
 Increase in            to increase focus on               with expected gross 
 capital expenditure    quality assurance performance.     production of 100,000 
                        Actively participate               bopd. The JV submitted 
                        in technical meetings              an updated SNE Exploitation 
                        to challenge, apply                and Development Plan 
                        influence and/or support           to the Ministry of 
                        our partners to establish          Petroleum and Energies 
                        a cohesive JV view and             in August 2019 in 
                        ensure operational activity        order to meet changes 
                        is executed in a safe              and further details 
                        and secure manner.                 requested by the Ministry 
                                                           ahead of approval. 
                                                           Final Investment Decision 
                                                           by the JV and granting 
                                                           of the 25 year exploitation 
                                                           licence by the Government 
                                                           of Senegal was awarded 
                                                           in January 2020. 
---------------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
#3 Portfolio management 
Principal risk: Failure to secure new venture opportunities 
 Owner: Director of Exploration 
Risk appetite          Medium - Building and maintaining a balanced portfolio of 
                        current and future exploration, development and production 
                        assets is core to the Group's strategy. New opportunities 
                        must first meet the Group's strict investment criteria and 
                        successfully securing them will be dependent on the prevailing 
                        competitive environment. 
Impact                 Mitigation                         2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Failure to             Geoscience, new ventures           This risk remained            Secure new venture 
 replenish the          and commercial teams               static in 2019.               opportunities that 
 portfolio              work closely to review             Cairn was awarded             meet the corporate 
 Inability to           and identify new portfolio         eight licences offshore       hurdles and have risk 
 replace reserves       opportunities.                     Israel in the country's       levels consistent 
 and sustain            Experience and knowledge           second offshore bid           with our Risk Appetite 
 production             throughout the organisation        round. Cairn is operator      Statement. Measured 
 levels                 in recognising prospective         of the licences with          against tests of control, 
                        opportunities.                     a 33.34% working              materiality and commercial 
                        Risk assessments and               interest alongside            robustness, with threshold, 
                        due diligence process              two JV partners:              target and stretch 
                        undertaken on all potential        Ratio Oil Exploration         levels identified 
                        new country entries.               and SOCO International.       for measurement where 
                        Development of discretionary       Cairn was awarded             appropriate. 
                        capital allocation and             the two licences 
                        opportunity ranking                it applied for in 
                        system.                            the UK Frontier 31st 
                        Portfolio is continually           Offshore Licensing 
                        reviewed and high-graded           Round in H1: operatorship 
                        to enhance quality.                and 100% WI in the 
                                                           Mane licence which 
                                                           is located close 
                                                           to Chimera and 50% 
                                                           WI and operatorship 
                                                           in the East Orkney 
                                                           Basin licence. 
---------------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
#4 Maintain licence to operate 
Principal risk: Lack of adherence to health, safety, environment and 
 security policies 
 Owner: Chief Executive Officer 
Risk appetite          Low - The Group continuously strives to reduce risks that 
                        could lead to an HSSE incident to as low as reasonably practicable. 
Impact                 Mitigation                         2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Serious injury         Effectively managing               This risk remained            Achieve a number 
 or death               health, safety, security           static in 2019.               of specified leading 
 Environmental          and environmental risk             The Group's lost              indicators in relation 
 impacts                exposure is the first              time injury frequency         to governance, people 
 Reputational           priority for the Board,            (LTIF) for operated           and society. 
 damage                 Senior Leadership Team             activity in 2019              Achieve lagging HSSE 
 Regulatory             and Management Team.               was 0 per million             indicators derived 
 penalties and          HSE training is included           hours worked. Our             from IOGP targets, 
 clean-up costs         as part of all staff               total recordable              with threshold, target 
 Physical impacts       and contractor inductions.         injury rate (TRIR)            and stretch levels 
 of climate             Detailed training on               for 2019 was 0.98             identified for measurement. 
 change                 the Group's Corporate              per million hours 
                        Responsibility Management          worked. There were 
                        System (CRMS) has been             no spills to the 
                        provided to key stakeholders       environment. 
                        to ensure processes                With ongoing operations 
                        and procedures are embedded        in a number of countries 
                        throughout the organisation        in 2020, the Group 
                        and all operations.                will continue to 
                        Process in place for               work responsibly 
                        assessing an operator's            as part of our strategy 
                        overall operating and              to deliver value 
                        HSE capabilities, including        for all stakeholders. 
                        undertaking audits to 
                        determine the level 
                        of oversight required. 
                        Effective application 
                        of CRMS in projects. 
                        Crisis and emergency 
                        response procedures 
                        and equipment are maintained 
                        and regularly tested 
                        to ensure the Group 
                        is able to respond to 
                        an emergency quickly, 
                        safely and effectively. 
                        Third party specialists 
                        in place to assist with 
                        security arrangements 
                        and travel risk assessments. 
                        Leading and lagging 
                        indicators and targets 
                        developed in line with 
                        industry guidelines 
                        and benchmarks. 
                        Findings from 'Lessons 
                        learned' reviews are 
                        implemented from other 
                        projects. 
---------------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
Principal risk: Fraud, bribery and corruption 
 Owner: Chief Executive Officer 
Risk appetite          Low - Cairn is committed to maintaining integrity and high 
                        ethical standards in all of the Group's business dealings. 
                        The Group has no tolerance for conduct which may compromise 
                        its reputation for integrity. 
Impact                 Mitigation                         2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Fines                  Business Code of Ethics            This risk remained            Achieve a number 
 Criminal prosecution   and bribery and corruption         static in 2019.               of specified leading 
 Reputational           policies and procedures.           There were no reportable      indicators in relation 
 damage                 Due diligence process              instances of fraud,           to governance, people 
                        and questionnaire developed        bribery or corruption.        and society. 
                        for assessing potential            The Group operates 
                        third parties.                     in countries deemed 
                        Annual training programme          high risk for bribery 
                        for all employees, contractors     and corruption. A 
                        and selected service               compliance programme 
                        providers.                         will be implemented 
                        Financial procedures               for each area of 
                        in place to mitigate               operation. 
                        fraud. 
---------------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 
 
  Principal risk: Climate change policy and its impacts on energy transition 
   Owner: Chief Executive Officer 
  Risk appetite             Medium - The Group recognises global commitments to achieve 
                             a transition to lower carbon sources of energy. In the near 
                             term global demand for hydrocarbons continues to grow and 
                             hydrocarbons are expected to remain the principal source 
                             of energy for decades to come. In the longer term, Cairn 
                             will take investment decisions that ensure its assets remain 
                             competitive in an environment where demand for oil may be 
                             lower than today. 
                             Cairn's strategy is to play a responsible and competitive 
                             role in the production of oil and gas within this transition. 
                             Cairn acknowledges the contribution it's activities make 
                             to carbon emissions, and the Group continues to develop short, 
                             medium and long-term actions to minimise and mitigate this 
                             contribution and address global climate change policies and 
                             regulations. 
  Impact                    Mitigation                    2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
  Providers of              Measuring and reporting       New principal risk.           Influence JV partners 
   capital limit            our greenhouse gas (GHG)      There was continued            in UKCS including 
   exposure to              emissions in line with        and increased attention        to target zero flaring 
   fossil fuel              the Task Force on             to climate change              during shutdowns. 
   projects                 Climate-related               from a range of stakeholders   Determine energy 
   Increasing               Financial Disclosures         in 2019. This attention        efficiency benchmarks 
   costs                    (TCFD).                       has led, and we expect         for use in equipment 
   Climate related          Promotion of efficient        it to continue to              selection for application 
   policy changes           energy use in activities      lead, to additional            in new operated drilling 
   Reduce demand            with business partners        regulations designed           and seismic projects. 
   for oil                  and service providers.        to reduce greenhouse 
   Stranded assets          Consideration of climate      gas (GHG) emissions. 
   Reputational             change in investment          The Group recognises 
   damage                   decisions.                    global commitments 
   Retaining and            Portfolio resilience          to achieve a transition 
   attracting               modelling based on the        to lower carbon sources 
   talent                   International Energy          of energy. Cairn's 
                            Agency Sustainable            strategy is to play 
                            Development                   a responsible and 
                            Scenario.                     competitive role 
                            Developed climate impact      in the production 
                            dashboard which informs       of oil and gas within 
                            our strategic position        this transition. 
                            in relation to progress       The Group conducted 
                            of global transition          a scenario analysis 
                            to a low-carbon economy.      to assess the viability 
                            Endorsement of Global         of Cairn's portfolio 
                            Gas Flare Reduction           under different scenarios 
                            Partnership.                  of future demand 
                            Alignment with UN             impacted by action 
                            Sustainability                on climate change. 
                            Goals.                        The results indicated 
                            Active participation          that existing production 
                            in industry initiatives.      and development assets 
                            Participation in EU           remain NPV positive. 
                            Emissions Trading System. 
                            Evaluating nature based 
                            carbon offset projects 
                            in the regions where 
                            we operate, including 
                            mangrove rehabilitation 
                            in Suriname and Senegal. 
  ------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
#5 production performance 
Principal risk: Underperformance on Kraken and Catcher assets 
 Owner: Chief Operating Officer 
Risk appetite             Low - Delivering operational excellence in all the Group's 
                           activities is a strategic objective for the Group and the 
                           Group works closely with all JV partners to mitigate the 
                           risk and impact of any operational delay or underperformance. 
                           Therefore, the Group has a low appetite for risks which may 
                           impact on operating cash flow. 
Impact                    Mitigation                      2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
Delay or reduction        Work closely with the           This risk decreased           Deliver Group production 
 in cash flow              operators to deliver            in 2019.                      in line with guidance 
 Increased operational     risk mitigation plans           Catcher 'stretch'             for 2020, with threshold, 
 costs                     and project solutions           target net oil production     target and stretch 
 HSE incident              during ongoing commissioning.   volumes were exceeded,        volumes of production 
 Reputational              Positive and regular            at better than target         identified for measurement. 
 damage                    engagement with operators       lifting costs. 
                           and partners to share           Kraken 'stretch' 
                           knowledge, offer support        target net oil production 
                           and exert influence.            volumes were exceeded, 
                                                           at better than target 
                                                           lifting costs. 
                                                           Combined net oil 
                                                           production averaged 
                                                           23,000 bopd. 
------------------------  ------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
  Principal risk: Misalignments with JV operators 
   Owner: Chief Operating Officer 
  Risk appetite             Medium - The Group seeks to operate assets which align with 
                             the Group's core areas of expertise, but recognises that 
                             a balanced portfolio will also include non-operated ventures. 
                             The Group accepts that there are risks associated with a 
                             non-operator role and will seek to mitigate these risks by 
                             working with partners of high integrity and experience and 
                             maintaining close working relationships with all JV partners. 
  Impact                    Mitigation                    2019 movement                 2020 KPI objectives 
  Cost/schedule             Actively engage with          This risk remained            Deliver Group production 
   overruns                 all JV partners early          static in 2019.               in line with guidance 
   Poor performance         to establish good working      Oil price volatility          for 2020, with threshold, 
   of assets                relationships.                 continues to have             target and stretch 
   HSE performance          Actively participate           a financial impact            volumes of production 
   Delay in first           in operational and technical   across the industry           identified for measurement. 
   oil from development     meetings to challenge,         and the risk remains          Achieve certain milestones 
   projects                 apply influence and/or         that the Group's              on the Sangomar (formerly 
   Negative impact          support partners to            JV partners may not           SNE) development 
   on asset value           establish a cohesive           be able to fund work          in categories of 
   Ability to               JV view.                       programme expenditures        subsurface, wells, 
   effect change            Application of the Group       and/or reprioritise           subsea, FPSO and 
   towards lowering         risk management processes      projects.                     project controls. 
   carbon footprint         and non-operated ventures      Catcher, Kraken, 
                            procedure.                     Senegal and several 
                            Active engagement with         exploration projects 
                            supply chain providers         are operated by joint 
                            to monitor performance         venture partners. 
                            and delivery.                  The Group continues 
                                                           to work closely with 
                                                           a number of other 
                                                           partners in the UK 
                                                           and Norway and Latin 
                                                           America regions. 
  ------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 
 
 
#6 Deliver a sustainable business 
Principal risk: Diminished access to debt markets 
 Owner: Chief Financial Officer 
Risk appetite          Low - The Group seeks to develop and implement a funding 
                        strategy that allows a value generative plan to be executed 
                        and ensures a minimum headroom cushion from existing sources 
                        of funding is maintained. 
Impact                 Mitigation                        2019 movement              2020 KPI objectives 
Work programme         Disciplined allocation            This risk remained         Ensure balance sheet 
 restricted             of capital across portfolio.      static in 2019.            strength with achievement 
 by reduced             Continue to assess other          The Group has a hedging    measured across three 
 capital availability   forms of financing and            programme for Catcher      categories: attainment 
 Loss of value          pursue claim for restoration      and Kraken crude.          of certain financial 
 Inability to           of value for Indian               The funding plan           tests in line with 
 fund Senegal           investment.                       to allow the Group         funding strategy; 
 development                                              to meet its share          portfolio management; 
 Senegal impairment                                       of development costs       and India resolution 
                                                          is well progressed         and recovery of proceeds 
                                                          and the Group remains      in event of success. 
                                                          confident that it 
                                                          will be able to meet 
                                                          its share of expenditure 
                                                          maintaining current 
                                                          equity levels in 
                                                          the project. 
                                                          A number of financial 
                                                          institutions and 
                                                          investors have recently 
                                                          made policy decisions 
                                                          to exit oil and gas 
                                                          sector investment. 
                                                          To date, this has 
                                                          not affected Cairn 
                                                          but if this trend 
                                                          accelerates there 
                                                          could be a future 
                                                          impact. 
---------------------  --------------------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------- 
Principal risk: Political and fiscal uncertainties 
 Owner: Chief Financial Officer 
Risk appetite          Medium - The Group faces an uncertain economic and regulatory 
                        environment in some countries of operation. The Group is 
                        willing to invest in countries where political and/or fiscal 
                        risks may occur provided such risks can be adequately managed 
                        to minimise the impact where possible. 
Impact                 Mitigation                        2019 movement              2020 KPI objectives 
Loss of value          Operate to the highest            This risk remained         Ensure balance sheet 
 Uncertain financial    industry standards with           static in 2019.            strength with achievement 
 outcomes               regulators and monitor            Cairn continues to         measured across three 
                        compliance with the               source new opportunities   categories: attainment 
                        Group's licence, Production       globally and this          of certain financial 
                        Sharing Contract and              can be in jurisdictions    tests in line with 
                        taxation requirements.            deemed at higher           funding strategy; 
                        External specialist               risk of political          portfolio management; 
                        advice sought on legal            or fiscal uncertainty.     and India resolution 
                        and tax issues as required.       In 2019, the Group         and recovery of proceeds 
                        Maintain positive relationships   acquired new licences      in event of success. 
                        with governments and              in countries with 
                        key stakeholders.                 an increased risk 
                        Ongoing monitoring of             profile. The Group 
                        the political and regulatory      will strive for full 
                        environments in which             compliance with licence, 
                        we operate.                       Production Sharing 
                        Working responsibly               Contract and taxation 
                        is an important factor            requirements across 
                        in maintaining our access         all assets. 
                        to funding.                       The Group has also 
                                                          considered the potential 
                                                          impacts from Brexit 
                                                          and concluded that 
                                                          Cairn will not be 
                                                          materially affected. 
                                                          The Group recognises 
                                                          that there are a 
                                                          number of uncertainties 
                                                          around Brexit, including 
                                                          the potential impact 
                                                          on EU nationals employed 
                                                          by Cairn. The Group 
                                                          continues to monitor 
                                                          the situation closely. 
---------------------  --------------------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
Principal risk: Volatile oil and gas prices 
 Owner: Chief Financial Officer 
Risk appetite         Medium - Exposure to commodity prices is fundamental to 
                       the Group's activities; however, the Group manages its investment 
                       programme to ensure that a threshold economic return is delivered 
                       and the business model is funded even in sustained downside 
                       price scenarios. 
Impact                Mitigation                       2019 movement               2020 KPI objectives 
Reduction in          Sensitivity analysis             This risk remained          Ensure balance sheet 
 future cash           conducted to assess              static in 2019.             strength with achievement 
 flow                  robustness of Group              Although oil prices         measured across three 
 Value impairment      financial forecasts              have been more stable       categories: attainment 
 of development        for funding plan.                in 2019, unpredictable      of certain financial 
 projects              Operators' cost initiatives      geopolitical events         tests in line with 
 JV partner            delivering material              may continue to create      funding strategy; 
 capital constraints   cost reductions on development   short term volatility.      portfolio management; 
 Debt availability     projects.                                                    and India resolution 
                       Exploration projects                                         and recovery of proceeds 
                       are ranked based on                                          in event of success. 
                       the probability of commercial 
                       hydrocarbons and success 
                       case break even oil 
                       price. 
                       Hedging programme commenced. 
--------------------  -------------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
Principal risk: Inability to secure or repatriate value from Indian 
 assets 
 Owner: Chief Financial Officer 
Risk appetite         Medium - The Group faces an uncertain macroeconomic and 
                       regulatory environment in some countries of operation. The 
                       Group is willing to invest in countries where political and/or 
                       fiscal risks may occur provided such risks can be adequately 
                       managed to minimise the impact where possible. 
Impact                Mitigation                       2019 movement               2020 KPI objectives 
Loss of value         Arbitration proceedings          This risk remained          Ensure balance sheet 
                       under the UK-India Bilateral     static in 2019.             strength with achievement 
                       Investment Treaty (the           The Group continues         measured across three 
                       Treaty) were largely             to have a high level        categories: attainment 
                       concluded in 2018. A             of confidence in            of certain financial 
                       final ruling by the              the merits of its           tests in line with 
                       arbitration panel is             claims in the arbitration   funding strategy; 
                       expected in the summer           and is seeking full         portfolio management; 
                       of 2020.                         restitution for losses      and India resolution 
                       Continued engagement             of more than US$1.4         and recovery of proceeds 
                       with the Indian Government.      billion. Steps are          in event of success. 
                                                        being taken to ensure 
                                                        a full and prompt 
                                                        recovery is achieved. 
                                                        All submissions and 
                                                        procedural steps 
                                                        for the international 
                                                        arbitration under 
                                                        the Treaty are now 
                                                        complete. 
                                                        Cairn's claim under 
                                                        the Treaty is for 
                                                        monetary compensation 
                                                        of US$1.4 billion, 
                                                        the sum required 
                                                        to reinstate the 
                                                        Company to the position 
                                                        it would have been 
                                                        in, but for the actions 
                                                        of the Indian Income 
                                                        Tax Department since 
                                                        January 2014. 
                                                        In October 2019, 
                                                        the arbitral tribunal 
                                                        indicated that, whilst 
                                                        it is not yet able 
                                                        to commit to a specific 
                                                        award release date, 
                                                        it expects to be 
                                                        in a position to 
                                                        issue the Award in 
                                                        the summer of 2020. 
--------------------  -------------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 

Related party transactions

The following description of related party transactions is extracted from page 192 of the Report and Accounts:

"8.7 Related Party Transactions

The Company's subsidiaries are listed in note 8.2. The following table provides the Company's balances which are outstanding with subsidiary undertakings at the balance sheet date:

 
                                                            At            At 
                                                   31 December   31 December 
                                                          2019          2018 
                                                          US$m          US$m 
------------------------------------------------  ------------  ------------ 
Amounts payable to subsidiary undertakings              (86.9)        (83.2) 
Amounts receivable from subsidiary undertakings            1.8           2.5 
================================================  ============  ============ 
                                                        (85.1)        (80.7) 
================================================  ============  ============ 
 

The amounts outstanding are unsecured, repayable on demand and will be settled in cash.

The following table provides the Company's transactions with subsidiary undertakings recorded in the loss for the year:

 
                                     Year ended    Year ended 
                                    31 December   31 December 
                                           2019          2018 
                                           US$m          US$m 
---------------------------------  ------------  ------------ 
Amounts invoiced to subsidiaries           10.4          37.2 
Amounts invoiced by subsidiaries           10.6           5.8 
=================================  ============  ============ 
 

Directors' remuneration

The remuneration of the Directors of the Company is set out below. Further information about individual Directors' remuneration is provided in the audited section of the Directors' Remuneration Report on pages 94 to 123.

 
                         Year ended    Year ended 
                        31 December   31 December 
                               2019          2018 
                               US$m          US$m 
---------------------  ------------  ------------ 
Emoluments                      3.3           3.4 
Share-based payments              -           2.4 
=====================  ============  ============ 
                                3.3           5.8 
=====================  ============  ============ 
 

Pension contributions of US$0.2m (2018: US$0.2m) were made on behalf of Directors in 2019.

No LTIP share awards to Directors vested during 2019 (2018: 820,131). Share-based payments disclosed for 2018 above represent the market value at the vesting date of these awards in that year.

Other transactions

During the year the Company did not make any purchases in the ordinary course of business from an entity under common control (2018: US$nil)."

Directors' emoluments and remuneration of key management personnel

The following description of directors' emoluments and remuneration of key management personnel is extracted from page 170 of the Report and Accounts:

"4.4 (c) Directors' emoluments and remuneration of key management personnel

Details of each Director's remuneration, pension entitlements, share options and awards pursuant to the LTIP are set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report on pages 94 to 123. Directors' remuneration, their pension entitlements and any share awards vested during the year are provided in aggregate in note 8.7.

Remuneration of key management personnel

The remuneration of the Directors of the Company and of the members of the management and corporate teams who are the key management personnel of the Group is set out below in aggregate.

 
                                 Year ended    Year ended 
                                31 December   31 December 
                                       2019          2018 
                                       US$m          US$m 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------ 
Short-term employee benefits            6.7           6.9 
Post-employment benefits                0.4           0.4 
Share-based payments                    3.2           4.0 
=============================  ============  ============ 
                                       10.3          11.3 
=============================  ============  ============ 
 

In addition, employer's national insurance contributions for key management personnel in respect of short-term employee benefits were US$0.9m (2018: US$0.9m).

Share-based payments shown above represent the cost to the Group of key management personnel's participation in the Company's share schemes, measured under IFRS 2.

During 2019, no shares awarded to key management personnel vested under the LTIP (2018: 1,460,908)."

Forward looking statements

This announcement contains or may contain forward-looking statements regarding Cairn, our corporate plans, future financial condition, future results of operations, future business plans and strategies. All such forward-looking statements are based on our management's assumptions and beliefs in the light of information available to them at this time. These forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties and actual results, performance and achievements may be materially different from those expressed in such statements. Factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to, regulatory changes, future levels of industry product supply, demand and pricing, weather and weather related impacts, wars and acts of terrorism, development and use of technology, acts of competitors and other changes to business conditions. Cairn undertakes no obligation to revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in Cairn's expectations with regard thereto or any change in circumstances or events after the date hereof.

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