Notification of major interest in shares

RNS Number : 8745N

Hunting PLC

08 September 2011

 



For immediate release

8 September 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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		06 September 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		07 September 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		10%

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

447889

13,855,411

13,855,411

10,000

10,000

14,645,411

0.01

10.01

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

14,655,411

10.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Name of the Company / Fund Number of Shares % of issued share capital AXA Financial, Inc 500.00 0.000342 Indirect AXA IM UK 10,000.00 0.006837 Direct AXA IM UK 14,644,911.00 10,012580 Indirect Total Direct 10,000 0.00684 Total Indirect 14,645,411 10.01292 TOTAL 14,655,411 10.01976
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Dimitrios Tsamis
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 2806

 

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