Holding in Company

Hunting PLC
18 April 2001


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                      1,600,000   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)   
                                            Limited

Fidelity Management Trust Co     59,200   State Street Nominees Limited 

Fidelity Investment Services  7,175,108   Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
Nominees
                                          Limited 

Fidelity International          442,672   Clydesdale Bank (Head
Office)Nominees                                            Limited
                        
Fidelity International            4,793   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)   
                                            Limited

Fidelity International           75,300   Bank of New York, London            
               
   

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
1,330,097

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.32

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

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
25p Ordinary shares

10  Date of transaction:


11  Date company informed:
17/04/01

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,357,073

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
9.30%

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:
18/04/01


Additional Information:
Various movements since previous return on 09/08/00.