Hunting Regulatory News (HTG)

18 Jan 2006 15:03

Hunting PLC18 January 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Hunting PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited and their direct and indirectsubsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Fidelity Pension Management 1,402,950 State Street and TR CoFidelity Pension Management 1,199,150 Northern TrustFidelity Pension Management 59,600 Mellon BankFidelity Pension Management 48,600 Bank of New York BrusselsFidelity Pension Management 0 J P MorganFidelity Pension Management 0 HSBC Bank PLCFidelity Management & Reseach 1,190,144 Northern Trust CoFidelity Investment Services 8,510,792 J P MorganFidelity International 439,250 JP Morgan 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 2,357,246 8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 1.83% 9. Class of security 25p ordinary shares 10. Date of transaction 11. Date listed company informed 18 January 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 12,850,486 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 9.96% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Cormac Gilmore 0207 321 0123 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification Peter Rose Company Secretary Date of notification 18 January 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange