Hunting PLCLSE: HTG

Hunting: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by Hunting PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

Hunting PLC bought back 66,500 of its ordinary shares between October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026, at a volume weighted average price of 406.36 pence a share. The purchases were made through Canaccord Genuity Limited under the share buyback programme the company announced on March 17, 2026.

Key details

  • Daily purchases were 6,500 shares on October 12, 2026 and 15,000 shares on each of October 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2026.
  • Prices paid ranged from a lowest of 397.00 pence a share on October 15, 2026 to a highest of 412.50 pence a share on October 14, 2026.
  • After the purchased shares are cancelled, Hunting PLC will have 151,485,623 ordinary shares in issue, which will also be the total number of voting rights in the company.

What’s still pending

  • Hunting PLC intends to cancel the purchased shares; the share count of 151,485,623 applies following that cancellation.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

For Immediate Release

19 October 2026

Hunting PLC

Transaction in own shares

Hunting PLC (the "Company") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 17 March 2026, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through Canaccord Genuity Limited for the period from 12 October 2026 to 16 October 2026.

Date of transaction:

Number of Shares repurchased:

Volume weighted average price paid (pence)

Lowest price paid per Share (pence):

Highest price paid per Share (pence):

12-Oct-26

6,500

407.00

407.00

407.00

13-Oct-26

15,000

406.32

403.50

410.00

14-Oct-26

15,000

409.10

406.50

412.50

15-Oct-26

15,000

398.75

397.00

401.00

16-Oct-26

15,000

411.00

410.50

412.00

The Company intends to cancel the purchased Ordinary Shares. Following cancellation, the Company will have 151,485,623 Ordinary Shares in issue.

Following cancellation, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 151,485,623. This figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Hunting PLC

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123

Jim Johnson, Chief Executive

Bruce Ferguson, Finance Director

Sodali & Co (PR)

Tel: +44 (0) 79 3535 1934

James White

Pete Lambie

Tilly Abraham

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Broker)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor

George Grainger

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it is applied in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of trades made by Canaccord Genuity Limited for the period from 12 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme on both an aggregate and individual trade basis is set out below:

Aggregate information: 

Venue

Volume Weighted Average Price

(pence per Ordinary Share)

Aggregated Volume

XLON

406.36

66,500

 Individual transactions:

Date of Transaction:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price per Ordinary Share (pence)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference

12-Oct-26

15:13:25

6,500

407.00

XLON

00113579927TRLO1

13-Oct-26

09:52:05

6,500

410.00

XLON

00113605937TRLO1

13-Oct-26

16:35:27

1,376

403.50

XLON

00113635561TRLO1

13-Oct-26

16:35:27

4,989

403.50

XLON

00113635562TRLO1

13-Oct-26

16:35:27

1,360

403.50

XLON

00113635563TRLO1

13-Oct-26

16:35:27

67

403.50

XLON

00113635564TRLO1

13-Oct-26

16:35:27

708

403.50

XLON

00113635565TRLO1

14-Oct-26

11:30:07

6,500

412.50

XLON

00113650882TRLO1

14-Oct-26

16:35:30

8,500

406.50

XLON

00113672455TRLO1

15-Oct-26

15:57:44

5,000

398.25

XLON

00113715942TRLO1

15-Oct-26

14:49:14

5,000

397.00

XLON

00113704145TRLO1

15-Oct-26

14:25:33

5,000

401.00

XLON

00113697015TRLO1

16-Oct-26

15:55:37

5,000

412.00

XLON

00113767599TRLO1

16-Oct-26

16:37:03

10,000

410.50

XLON

00113772900TRLO1

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