Notification of major interest in shares

RNS Number : 1557M

Hunting PLC

10 August 2011

For immediate release

10 August 2011

Hunting PLC

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				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				No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				No
Other (please specify):	On market transfer between direct and indirect funds			Yes
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.):		See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		10 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above 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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0004478896

N/A

118,888

7,333,986

0.081%

5.014%

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

7,452,874

5.095%

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 Advisers, 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 Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:	Registered Owner
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 39364	874,731
	The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c 5240181	29,423
	HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c 5000212310	178,901
	The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c PTG 10972	6,707
	Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 75102	32,014
	Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	275,581
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	155,569
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	1,599,709
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	23,928
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	72,032
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	10,339
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	3,825
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	55,024
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	14,807
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	133,059
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07196	35,399
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,001,564
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	307,136
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10489	654,139
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	470,209
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	39,017
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	324,034
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 39364	87,059
	The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c 52401 81	2,928
	HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c 5000212310	17,805
	The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c PTG 10972	667
	Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 75102	3,186
	Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	27,428
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	15,483
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	159,214
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	15,759
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	7,169
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	1,029
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	5,476
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	1,474
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	13,243
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07196	3,523
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	615,679
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	30,568
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10489	65,105
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	46,799
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	3,883
	Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	32,250