Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 9377C

Hunting PLC

22 January 2015

For Immediate Release

22 January 2015

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			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):			No
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:	20 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 January 2015
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

63,010

7,454,156

0.042%

5.021%

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

7,517,166

5.063%

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	1,212,623
Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	273,006
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 75102	438,483
Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	566,290
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 847452	75,715
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	29,516
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	269,675
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	16,557
The Bank Of New York (Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	105,791
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	35,178
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 44729	81,066
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	151,502
Securities Services Nominees Limited	A/c 07000000700	220,241
State Street Bank & Trust Boston	A/c MKCB	245,380
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominee Ltd	A/c 301780	34,641
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA05	129,819
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA07	724,969
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	23,344
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	39,666
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	2,758
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	42,519
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	13,274
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 34789	71,382
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	211,961
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,596,824
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	266,222
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10489	367,441
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	123,830
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	147,493