Directors Shareholding(s)

Hunting PLC
18 April 2001



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Hunting PLC

2   Name of director:
K W Miller / D L Proctor / D L Clark / T W Gomke

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
In respect of directors at 2. above 


4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
Hunting Employees' Trustees Limited as trustee of the Hunting Employees' Share
Trust

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
No

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
Acquisition of shares by the trustee of the Hunting Employees' Share Trust in
which the director is interested as one of a number of potential discretionary
beneficiaries.  The directors have no entitlement to such shares.

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
203,800

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.20

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

10  Percentage of issued class:
N/A

11  Class of security:
Ordinary

12  Price per share:
205p

13  Date of transaction:
17.05.01

14  Date company informed:
17.05.01

15  Total holding following this notification:
393,000

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.39

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:

R Fisher 


24  Contact telephone number:
020 7321 0123

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
R Fisher 
Assistant Company Secretary 


Additional Information: