Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 5852B

Hunting PLC

18 April 2012

 



For immediate release

18 April 2012

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 16 April 2012, being 48 hours prior to the meeting, are set out below:

Resolution
		For	%	Discretion	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the 2011 Annual Report.	107,486,505	99.96	38,768	0.03	2,341	0.01	0
2	To approve the 2011 Remuneration Report.	103,319,752	97.17	39,316	0.04	2,968,746	2.79	1,199,799
3	To approve a Final Dividend.	107,488,105	99.96	38,768	0.03	741	0.01	0
4	To re-appoint Andrew Szescila.	106,907,052	99.42	38,768	0.04	581,605	0.54	189
5	To re-elect John Hofmeister.	105,638,108	98.24	38,768	0.04	1,850,738	1.72	0
6	To re-elect Richard Hunting.	104,101,739	96.81	38,768	0.04	3,387,107	3.15	0
7	To re-elect John Nicholas.	105,636,773	98.24	40,468	0.04	1,850,373	1.72	0
8	To re-elect Dennis Proctor.	105,970,896	98.55	51,396	0.05	1,505,322	1.40	0
9	To re-elect Peter Rose.	105,415,718	98.60	51,396	0.05	1,442,210	1.35	618,290
10	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.	101,993,757	95.04	51,833	0.05	5,274,489	4.91	207,534
11	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	106,058,935	99.18	51,833	0.05	827,598	0.77	589,248
12	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	107,366,459	99.92	51,833	0.05	35,536	0.03	73,786
13	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	107,303,181	99.79	51,833	0.05	172,260	0.16	340
14	To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).	105,125,351	97.77	52,633	0.05	2,349,630	2.18	0

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 16 April 2012 was 146,771,081.

The total number of proxy votes cast, including 'Votes Withheld', was 107,527,614; % of proxies cast was 73.3%.

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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