AGM proxy results
Hunting PLC
23 April 2008
HUNTING PLC
The results of the proxy votes on the Resolutions before the Annual General
Meeting of Hunting PLC on 23rd April 2008 were:-
Resolution 1
To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts
For 86,906,024 Discretion 36,693 Against 251,072 Vote withheld 1,497,456
Resolution 2
To approve the Remuneration Committee's Report
For 64,082,002 Discretion 36,693 Against 4,693,767 Vote withheld 19,878,783
Resolution 3
To declare a final dividend of 5.7p per share
For 88,648,632 Discretion 36,693 Against 435 Vote withheld 5,485
Resolution 4
To re-elect Dennis Proctor as a Director
For 88,092,975 Discretion 38,108 Against 556,497 Vote withheld 3,665
Resolution 5
To re-elect George Helland as a Director
For 86,916,758 Discretion 38,108 Against 1,732,714 Vote withheld 3,665
Resolution 6
To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director
For 87,281,356 Discretion 38,108 Against 280,427 Vote withheld 1,091,354
Resolution 7
To elect Peter Rose as a Director
For 88,204,089 Discretion 38,130 Against 271,672 Vote withheld 177,354
Resolution 8
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and
authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration
For 87,919,700 Discretion 37,130 Against 200,998 Vote withheld 533,417
Resolution 9
To approve the amendment to the Schedule to the rules of the Hunting
2001 Unapproved Share Option Plan
For 87,899,088 Discretion 37,130 Against 380,964 Vote withheld 374,063
Resolution 10
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
For 88,356,446 Discretion 37,130 Against 290,754 Vote withheld 6,915
Resolution 11
Special resolution: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory
pre-emption rights
For 88,591,269 Discretion 37,278 Against 50,942 Vote withheld 11,756
Resolution 12
Special resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
For 88,639,228 Discretion 37,278 Against 9,359 Vote withheld 5,380
Resolution 13
Special resolution: To adopt new Articles of Association
For 88,529,534 Discretion 37,278 Against 120,416 Vote withheld 4,017
Resolutions 1 - 13 were carried.
Total Issued Shares: 131,880,557 Number of proxies cast: 88,691,245 %age of
proxies cast: 67.25%
Copies of the resolutions relating to special business at the AGM have been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility located at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Peter Rose
Company Secretary
23 April 2008
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