Holding(s) in Company

Hunting PLC
8 April 2005


Letter to Hunting Plc
Dated 7 April 2005


Companies Act 1985 (as amended): 
Disclosure of Interests in Shares


In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that those companies identified below no longer have a
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company:

M&G Group Limited
M&G Investment Management Limited
M&G Limited


Notwithstanding the above, certain companies within the Prudential plc group of
companies continue to have a notifiable interest, details of which are set out
in the below schedule.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified 
herein (including in the below schedule) is Laurence Pountney Hill London 
EC4R 0HH.

               Notifiable Position Report for HUNTING ORD GBP0.25
                             as at 06 April 2005

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 101,043,970 
ORD GBP0.25 shares


                           Registered Holder                   Holding      %     

Prudential plc                                                 3,115,000    3.08     Total Notifiable Interest

                           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      2,765,000    
                           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC        350,000

The Prudential Assurance Company
Limited                                                        3,115,000    3.08

                           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      2,765,000
                           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PPL AC         350,000






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