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Hunting PLC ("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group") H1 2025 Trading Update, Increased Targeted Annual Dividends and Share Buyback Programme of up to $40 million
LONDON, July 09, 2025--Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG), the precision engineering group, today publishes its H1 2025 Trading Update, announces an increase to its annual targeted dividend distributions, and proposes a Share Buyback programme of up to $40 million.
About this update from Hunting Plc
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