Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 4187Q

Hunting PLC

14 October 2013

 



For Immediate Release

14 October 2013

Hunting PLC

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				YES
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:		Ameriprise Financial, Inc and its Group
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		Registered Owner Account Littledown Nominees Ltd 39364 1,683,929 The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited 52401 81 26,206 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 5000212310 206,708 The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited PTG 10972 155,928 Littledown Nominees Ltd 75102 142,831 The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited PTG 14556 8,595 Vidacos Nominees Ltd 6012918307 566,290 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 847452 67,856 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 740190 34,003 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 739874 289,588 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 740311 16,767 The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited PTG 15303 / 09997799 12,123 Nortrust Nominees LTD ZPS11 199,842 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd 811056 5,010 Chase Nominees Ltd 44729 81,066 Nortrust Nominees LTD BBH05 16,028 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd 301780 5,822 Littledown Nominees Ltd ZLA05 167,352 Littledown Nominees Ltd ZLA07 1,525,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 27642 3,241 Littledown Nominees Ltd 07197 52,670 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10479 3,165 Littledown Nominees Ltd ZLA12 50,955 Littledown Nominees Ltd ZLA14 13,749 Littledown Nominees Ltd 34789 82,765 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd WWSF0004002 28,986 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10491 184,117 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10488 262,130 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10489 466,716 Littledown Nominees Ltd 10490 209,959 Littledown Nominees Ltd 31348 473,369
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		10 October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Below the threshold of 5%

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

7,452,874

7,452,874

55,911

55,911

6,978,260

0.038%

4.729%

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

CFD

8,595

Nominal

Delta

0.006%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,042,766	4.773%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisors, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Treadneedle Pensions Ltd.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone number:	01793 363751

 

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