Results of Annual General Meeting

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Hunting PLC

15 April 2015

 



For immediate release                                                                                                                                      15 April 2015

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, 15 April 2015, as set out in the AGM notice.

All resolutions were passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 12 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 as special resolutions were passed and details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged at 10.30a.m. on Monday, 13 April 2015, being 48 hours prior to the meeting, are set out below:

Resolution
		For	%	Discretion	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld
1.	To receive the 2014 Annual Report.	110,162,742	99.83	21,713	0.02	164,198	0.15	498,237
2.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.	108,559,438	98.03	22,433	0.02	2,164,046	1.95	104,223
3.	To approve a final dividend of 22.9 cents per share.	110,728,261	99.98	21,713	0.02	0	0	96,916
4.	To re-appoint  Annell Bay as a Director.	110,663,012	99.92	21,713	0.02	65,060	0.06	97,105
5.	To re-appoint  John Glick as a Director.	110,661,651	99.93	21,713	0.02	60,479	0.05	103,047
6.	To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.	108,941,164	98.69	21,713	0.02	1,424,090	1.29	459,923
7.	To re-elect John Hofmeister as a Director.	110,174,397	99.48	21,713	0.02	550,422	0.50	100,358
8.	To re-elect John Nicholas as a Director.	105,226,904	99.57	22,463	0.02	428,350	0.41	5,169,173
9.	To re-elect Dennis Proctor as a Director.	107,975,666	97.50	25,973	0.02	2,743,143	2.48	102,108
10.	To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.	110,290,382	99.59	25,973	0.02	430,226	0.39	100,309
11.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.	108,983,853	98.47	25,973	0.02	1,665,948	1.51	171,116
12.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	109,613,446	98.98	25,973	0.02	1,106,440	1.00	101,031
13.	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	110,665,848	99.93	26,693	0.02	50,211	0.05	104,138
14.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	110,602,845	99.87	25,973	0.02	119,984	0.11	98,088
15.	To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).	107,428,151	97.00	25,973	0.02	3,295,100	2.98	97,666

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 148,841,508 shares of 25p each.

The total number of proxy votes cast, including 'Votes Withheld', was 110,846,890; % of proxies cast was 74.47%.

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 Dennis Proctor, Chief Executive Peter Rose, Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan Communications Richard Darby Gabriella Clinkard	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, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

 

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