Holding(s) in Company

27 Sep 2006 18:26

Hunting PLC27 September 2006 LETTER TO: HUNTING PLCDATED: 25 SEPTEMBER 2006 NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 ("THE ACT") HUNTING This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA InvestmentManagers UK Ltd. We are writing on behalf of AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and itsGroup Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares. AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 12,986,195 Ord in the 130,102,593share capital immediately after the time when the obligation of disclosure arosepursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares are represented by a beneficialinterest of 150,288 shares (0.12%), and a non-beneficial interest of 12,835,907shares (9.87%). The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this noticerelates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 22/09/06,is as per the Appendix below. This notification of change is due to a decrease in the total holding from 10.18% to 9.99% FROM: AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 HUNTING Ord Total number of shares held as at 22/09/06 was 12,986,195 the breakdown of whichis set out below: Name of the Number of Particulars of Registered asCompany/Fund Shares Beneficial owners AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 133 Trustees of AXA UK Investment Co ICVC HSBC Global Custody NomineeUK Smaller Companies Fund UK Smaller Companies Fund (UK) Limited(Non-Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 844359 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 9,855 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd Smith & Williamson(Beneficial) Nominees Ltd 1 Riding House Street London W1A 3AS a/c S66 AXA France 100,000 (Registration details available (Non-Beneficial) upon request) AXA Rosenberg 3,548,949 AXA Rosenberg(Non-Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 78,024 AXA Rosenberg(Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 62,409 AXA Rosenberg(Beneficial) Framlington HSBC 8,197,852 HSBC Global Custody Nominee HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited (UK) Limited Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA Framlington BONY 19,000 Bank of New York Europe Ltd (Registration details available upon request) Framlington SSB Noms 760,000 State Street Nominees (Registration details available upon request) Framlington BONY OCS 70,000 BONY (OCS) (Registration details available upon request) Framlington 139,973 (Registration details available upon request) Total Beneficial Interest 150,288 0.12 Total Non-Beneficial Interest 12,835,907 Total 12,986,195 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange