Hunting Regulatory News (HTG)

6 Oct 2005 16:06

Hunting PLC06 October 2005 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 1,061,080 Northern TrustFidelity Pension Management 1,014,453 State Street and TR CoFidelity Pension Management 753,330 J P MorganFidelity Pension Management 288,385 HSBC Bank PLCFidelity Pension Management 116,575 Bank of New York BrusselsFidelity Pension Management 93,000 Mellon BankFidelity Investment Services 12,407,644 J P MorganFidelity International 2,942 Brown Bros Harrimn LtdFidelity International 686,150 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 1,281,241 8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 1% 9. Class of security 25p ordinary shares 10. Date of transaction 11. Date listed company informed 5 October 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 16,423,559 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) 12.84% 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 6 October 2005 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