10th Aug 2011 17:51
For immediate release | 10 August 2011 |
Hunting PLC
TR-1: Notification of major interest in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | 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): | On market transfer between direct and indirect funds | Yes | ||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification 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 onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 10 August 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 August 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | Above the threshold of 5% | |||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GB0004478896 | N/A | N/A | 118,888 | 118,888 | 7,333,986 | 0.081% | 5.014% | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | 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 | |||||||||||||||
7,452,874 | 5.095% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial 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 ceaseto hold: | N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A |
13. Additional information: | Registered Owner | ||
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 39364 | 874,731 | |
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited | A/c 5240181 | 29,423 | |
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd | A/c 5000212310 | 178,901 | |
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited | A/c PTG 10972 | 6,707 | |
Chase Nominees Ltd | A/c 75102 | 32,014 | |
Vidacos Nominees Ltd | A/c 6012918307 | 275,581 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA05 | 155,569 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA07 | 1,599,709 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 27642 | 23,928 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 07197 | 72,032 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10478 | 10,339 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10479 | 3,825 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA12 | 55,024 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA14 | 14,807 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 34789 | 133,059 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 07196 | 35,399 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10491 | 1,001,564 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10488 | 307,136 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10489 | 654,139 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10490 | 470,209 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 30337 | 39,017 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 31348 | 324,034 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 39364 | 87,059 | |
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited | A/c 52401 81 | 2,928 | |
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd | A/c 5000212310 | 17,805 | |
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited | A/c PTG 10972 | 667 | |
Chase Nominees Ltd | A/c 75102 | 3,186 | |
Vidacos Nominees Ltd | A/c 6012918307 | 27,428 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA05 | 15,483 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA07 | 159,214 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 27642 | 15,759 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 07197 | 7,169 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10478 | 1,029 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA12 | 5,476 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c ZLA14 | 1,474 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 34789 | 13,243 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 07196 | 3,523 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10491 | 615,679 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10488 | 30,568 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10489 | 65,105 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 10490 | 46,799 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 30337 | 3,883 | |
Littledown Nominees Ltd | A/c 31348 | 32,250 | |
14. Contact name: | Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle group |
15. Contact telephone number: | +44 (0)1793 363 751 |
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