RNS Number:4725L
Hunting PLC
22 May 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company
Hunting PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Legal and General Group Plc

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
as in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945 - 42,832

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245 - 391,777

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206 - 2,337,999

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381 - 200,358

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203 - 136,335

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509 - 91,871



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
200,000

6. Percentage of issued class
0.20%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed




8. Percentage of issued class




9. Class of security
25p Ordinary Shares

10. Date of transaction
13 May 2003

11. Date company informed

12. Total holding following this notification
3,201,172

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.16%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Cormac Gilmore 020 7321 0123

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
C J P Gilmore

Date of notification
22 May 2003

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