Last checked at 12 Oct 2009 12:12
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Hunting plc |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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| Other (please specify): |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Prudential plc group of companies |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See attached schedule |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 02 October 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 05 October 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 10% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| ORD GBP 0.25 | 13,093,082 |
13,093,082 | 13,333,194 | 13,333,194 |
| 10.10% |
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| GB0004478896 | |||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
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| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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13,333,194 | 10.10% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Prudential plc (parent Company)M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
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| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
N/A |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
N/A |
| 13. Additional information: | Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 132,010,883. |
| 14. Contact name: | Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266 |
| | Registered Holder | Holding% | | |
| Prudential plc | | 13,333,194 | 10.10 | Total Notifiable Interest |
| | JP MORGAN NOMINEES | 174,871 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1 | 29,248 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01 | 369,612 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01 | 8,688,000 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01 | 245,000 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD | 14,307 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01 | 295,000 | | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC | 1,843,573 | | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC | 1,673,583 | | |
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| | Registered Holder | Holding | % |
| M&G Group Limited | | 13,158,323 | 9.96 |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1 | 29,248 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01 | 369,612 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01 | 8,688,000 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01 | 245,000 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD | 14,307 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01 | 295,000 | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC | 1,843,573 | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC | 1,673,583 | |
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| | Registered Holder | Holding | % |
| | | 13,129,075 | 9.94 |
| M&G Investment Management Limited | | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01 | 369,612 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01 | 8,688,000 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01 | 245,000 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD | 14,307 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01 | 295,000 | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC | 1,843,573 | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC | 1,673,583 | |
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| | Registered Holder | Holding | % | |
| M&G Limited | | 13,158323 | 9.96 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1 | 29,248 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01 | 369,612 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01 | 8,688,000 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01 | 245,000 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD | 14,307 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01 | 295,000 | | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC | 1,843,573 | | |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC | 1,673,583 | | |
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| M&G Securities Limited | | | | |
| | | 9,331,860 | 7.06 | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1 | 29,248 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01 | 369,612 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01 | 8,688,000 | | |
| | NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01 | 245,000 | | |
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