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Hunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") AGM and Q1 2026 Trading Update
LONDON, April 15, 2026--Hunting PLC (LSE: HTG), the precision engineering group, issues the following Trading Update for Q1 2026, ahead of its Annual General Meeting that will take place today at 10:30 a.m. BST in London.
About this update from Hunting Plc
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