Result of EGM

Hunting PLC
25 July 2005


NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND OR THE REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA.

For immediate release

25 July 2005
                            Hunting PLC ('Hunting')

                    Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

Hunting announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held
earlier today, the Resolution put to Shareholders was duly passed, increasing
the authorised share capital of the Company and granting the necessary
authorities to the Directors for the Rights Issue to proceed as set out in the
Prospectus sent to Shareholders dated 1 July 2005.

It is expected that admission of the New Ordinary Shares, nil paid, to the
Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed
securities will become effective and that dealings will commence in the New
Ordinary Shares, nil paid, at 8.00 a.m. on 26 July 2005. The latest time and
date for acceptance and payment in full under the Rights Issue is 11.00 a.m. on
16 August 2005. It is expected that Nil Paid Rights will be credited to the
stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders (other than those with
registered addresses in the United States and the Excluded Territories) and
enabled in CREST as soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 26 July 2005.

Accordingly, Provisional Allotment Letters in respect of entitlements to New
Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Rights Issue will be posted today to Qualifying
non-CREST Shareholders (other than those with registered addresses in the United
States and the Excluded Territories).

Certain terms used in this announcement are defined and have the same meaning as
in the Prospectus dated 1 July 2005. All references to time in this announcement
are to London time.

Enquiries:

Hunting PLC                          020 7321 0123
Dennis Proctor
Dennis Clark

Close Brothers                       020 7655 3100
Andrew Cunningham
Jack Newall

Hoare Govett                         020 7678 8000
Andrew Foster
Bertie Whitehead

The Hogarth Partnership              020 7357 9477
Andrew Jaques
Edward Westropp

Close Brothers Corporate Finance Limited ('Close Brothers'), which is regulated
in the United Kingdom by The Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively
for Hunting and for no one else in relation to the Rights Issue and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Hunting for providing the protections afforded
to customers of Close Brothers or for providing advice in relation to the Rights
Issue.

Hoare Govett Limited ('Hoare Govett'), which is regulated in the United Kingdom
by The Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Hunting and for
no one else in relation to the Rights Issue and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Hunting for providing the protections afforded to customers of
Hoare Govett or for providing advice in relation to the Rights Issue.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in such
jurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributed
should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE, OR FORM PART OF, AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR BUY ANY SECURITIES, NOR THE
SOLICITATION OF ANY VOTE OR APPROVAL IN ANY JURISDICTION, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY
SALE, ISSUE OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN
ANY JURISDICTION IN CONTRAVENTION OF APPLICABLE LAW.

A copy of the Resolution passed today at the Extraordinary General Meeting of
the Company has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.




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