Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6015A

Hunting PLC

12 October 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	02 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05 October 2009
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 using the 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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD GBP  0.25	13,093,082	13,093,082	13,333,194	13,333,194		10.10%
GB0004478896

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,333,194	10.10%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 132,010,883.
14. Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266

Notifiable Position Report for HUNTING ORD GBP0.25
as at 02 October 2009

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 132,010,883 ORD GBP0.30 shares

 

	Registered Holder	Holding%
Prudential plc		13,333,194	10.10	Total Notifiable Interest
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES	174,871
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1	29,248
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	369,612
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	8,688,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01	245,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	14,307
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01	295,000
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,843,573
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	1,673,583

 

 

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
M&G Group Limited		13,158,323	9.96
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1	29,248
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	369,612
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	8,688,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01	245,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	14,307
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01	295,000
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,843,573
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	1,673,583

 

 

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
		13,129,075	9.94
M&G Investment Management Limited
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	369,612
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	8,688,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01	245,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	14,307
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01	295,000
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,843,573
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	1,673,583

 

 

 

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
M&G Limited		13,158323	9.96
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1	29,248
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	369,612
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	8,688,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01	245,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	14,307
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01	295,000
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	1,843,573
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	1,673,583
M&G Securities Limited
		9,331,860	7.06
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHFO1	29,248
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	369,612
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	8,688,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01	245,000

 

 

 

 

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