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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0004478896

N/A

N/A

63,010

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
14. Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone number:	01793 363135

 

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