Hunting Regulatory News (HTG)

For Immediate Release

25 October 2012

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

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 YES

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Mirabaud Investment Management Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

 No. Shares

Registration

Address

1,187,794

State Street Nominees Limited

One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AF

882,017

Chase Nominees Limited

125 London Wharf, London, EC2Y 5AJ

2,622,523

NORTRUST Nominees Limited

50 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5NT

137,446

AURORA NOMINEES LIMITED

55 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6PA

298,033

BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited

One Piccadily Gardens, Manchester, M1 1RN

1,579

BONY Nominees Limited

One Piccadily Gardens, Manchester, M1 1RN

822,400

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited Account

PO Box 39996, Mellon Financial Centre, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4LA

1,304,844

BBHISL Nominees Limited

Park House, 16-18 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EB

0

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, E14 5HQ

100,000

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited

Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street London, EC4A 2BB

7,356,636

Total Interest

0

Stock on Loan

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

23 October 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 October 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Reached 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB0004478896

7,306,886

7,306,886

7,356,636

7,356,636

5.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,356,636

5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

John Cutler

15. Contact telephone number:

 +44 (0) 20 7878 3412