Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 5522P

Hunting PLC

04 October 2011

 



For Immediate Release

4 October 2011

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
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):	CHANGE OF CUSTODIAN			YES
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.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		03 October 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 October 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		See item 13

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

GB0004478896

13,891,130

13,891,130

13,891,130

13,891,130

9.49%

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

13,891,130

9.49%

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:	Following a change of custodian for a large number of funds managed by M&G, the registration details have changed and are now as detailed on the attached report. No other material changes have taken place
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266

 

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