Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 3524L

Hunting PLC

18 April 2018

 

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For immediate release

18 April 2018

Hunting PLC

("Hunting" or "the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG) announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday, 18 April 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

Voting at the AGM was completed by way of a poll.

All resolutions were passed by the required majority, resolutions 1 to 11 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 16 as special resolutions were passed. The result of the poll is outlined in the table below:

	Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld
1.	To receive the 2017 Annual Report.	134,921,640	99.78	299,887	0.22	1,595,055
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	134,833,215	98.92	1,466,059	1.08	517,307
3.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.	102,139,351	75.71	32,768,195	24.29	1,909,035
4.	To re-appoint Arthur James Johnson as a Director.	130,290,478	95.23	6,524,967	4.77	1,137
5.	To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.	131,551,980	96.15	5,263,465	3.85	1,137
6.	To re-elect John Glick as a Director	124,895,219	93.28	8,994,805	6.72	2,926,557
7.	To re-elect John Hofmeister as a Director.	131,503,891	96.12	5,311,465	3.88	1,226
8.	To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.	98,717,634	72.88	36,731,661	27.12	1,367,286
9.	To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.	129,941,285	94.98	6,874,071	5.02	1,226
10.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.	134,061,303	97.99	2,753,282	2.01	1,996
11.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	134,356,175	98.20	2,457,917	1.80	2,490
12.	To generally authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	136,765,250	99.96	50,428	0.04	904
13.	To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.	134,837,080	98.55	1,978,508	1.45	993
14.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	135,287,754	98.97	1,407,060	1.03	121,767
15.	To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).	130,986,141	95.74	5,829,404	4.26	1,037
16.	To amend the Articles of Association.	135,577,062	99.10	1,235,739	0.90	3,780

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.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 164,173,603 Ordinary shares of 25p each.

The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was 136,817,082; % of votes cast by poll was 83.3% of the total issued share capital.

The Directors of the Company note the votes received in respect of resolutions 3 and 8.  A note of the actions to be taken following this outcome will shortly be published on the Company's website at www.huntingplc.com.

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For further information please contact:

Hunting PLC Jim Johnson, Chief Executive Peter Rose, Finance Director Tarryn Riley, Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan Ben Romney Chris Judd	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 premium 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 operations in Canada, China, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.

 

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