Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5760C

Hunting PLC

17 April 2013

 



For immediate release

17 April 2013

Hunting PLC

("Hunting" or "the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG) announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged at 10.30a.m. on 15 April 2013, being 48 hours prior to the meeting, are set out below:

Resolution
		For	%	Discretion	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the 2012 Annual Report.	115,565,449	99.95	47,435	0.04	1,600	0.01	4,525
2	To approve the 2012 Remuneration Report.	89,551,126	77.78	45,659	0.04	25,531,104	22.18	491,120
3	To approve a Final Dividend.	115,566,857	99.95	45,659	0.04	1,968	0.01	4,525
4	To re-elect Richard Hunting.	108,441,193	96.25	45,659	0.04	4,183,400	3.71	2,948,757
5	To re-elect John Hofmeister.	115,232,168	99.67	45,659	0.04	334,070	0.29	7,112
6	To re-elect John Nicholas.	115,232,033	99.67	45,659	0.04	334,205	0.29	7,112
7	To re-elect Dennis Proctor.	112,175,847	97.03	45,659	0.04	3,390,391	2.93	7,112
8	To re-elect Peter Rose.	112,657,618	97.44	48,896	0.04	2,907,970	2.52	4,525
9	To re-elect  Andrew Szescila	115,230,983	99.67	48,896	0.04	334,605	0.29	4,525
10	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.	114,407,685	99.36	48,896	0.04	683,596	0.59	478,832
11	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	114,266,500	99.17	48,896	0.04	912,742	0.79	390,871
12	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	115,513,243	99.93	48,896	0.04	31,685	0.03	25,185
13	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	115,157,987	99.61	48,896	0.04	397,861	0.34	14,265
14	To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).	113,183,412	97.90	48,896	0.04	2,381,776	2.06	4,925

A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The total number of shares in issue as at 15 April 2013 was 147,500,939.

The total number of proxy votes cast, including 'Votes Withheld', was 115,619,009; % of proxies cast was 78.39%.

Under Listing Rule 12.4.5, and following the passing of Special Resolution 13, the Company now has the authority to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of its issued ordinary share capital.

Copies of these resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For further information please contact:

Hunting PLC Dennis Proctor, Chief Executive Peter Rose, Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan Communications Richard Darby Jeremy Garcia	Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors:

About Hunting PLC

Hunting PLC is an international energy services provider to the world's leading upstream oil and gas companies. Established in 1874, it is a fully listed public company traded on the London Stock Exchange. The Company maintains a corporate office in Houston and is headquartered in London. As well as the United Kingdom, the Company has principal operations in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

 

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