Holding in Company

Hunting PLC
9 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Hunting PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited
and their direct and indirect subsidiaries

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:


4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
FMR Corp                      1,450,000   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)   
                                            Limited

Fidelity Investment Services  6,146,254   Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees
                                          Limited 

Fidelity International         430,722    Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees                                           Limited
                        

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
1,045,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
1.03

9   Class of security:
25p Ordinary shares

10  Date of transaction:


11  Date company informed:
8/8/00

12  Total holding following this notification:
8,026,976

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.97

14  Contact name for queries:
R Fisher 

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7321 0123

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
D L Clark

17  Date of notification:
9/8/00


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