Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0890F

Hunting PLC

03 October 2008

To Hunting PLC dated 1 October 2008

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES

HUNTING PLC

This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd.

We are writing on behalf of AXA SA of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares.

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 30/09/08, is as per the Appendix below.

From: AXA Investment Managers

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	30/09/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	01/10/2008
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 use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0447889	13,211,000	13,211,000	865,412	865,412	12,088,095	0.66	9.16

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

12,953,507

9.82%

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

Name of the Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital

AXA	272,839.00	0.20675

DIRECT
AXA COLONIA KONZERN	1,236.00	0.00094

INDIRECT
AXA FRAMLINGTON	9,950,113.00	7.53981

INDIRECT
AXA IM UK	258,694.00	0.19603

DIRECT
AXA IM UK	172,369.00	0.130614532

INDIRECT
AXA ROSENBERG	333,879.00	0.25

DIRECT
AXA ROSENBERG	1,964,377.00	1.488528576

INDIRECT

Total Direct	865,412	0.65578
Total Indirect	12,088,095	9.15989
TOTAL	12,953,507	9.81566