Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 0978V

Hunting PLC

13 April 2016

 

For immediate release

13 April 2016

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, 13 April 2016, 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 12 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 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 2015 Annual Report.	106,967,363	99.82	192,093	0.18	428,930
2.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.	97,591,261	90.71	9,990,406	9.29	6,719
3.	To approve a final dividend of 4.0 cents per share.	106,576,424	99.06	1,011,662	0.94	300
4.	To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.	103,492,917	96.88	3,330,619	3.12	764,849
5.	To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.	107,413,222	99.84	172,729	0.16	2,435
6.	To re-elect John Glick as a Director	107,412,922	99.84	172,729	0.16	2,735
7.	To re-elect John Hofmeister as a Director.	106,810,851	99.28	773,803	0.72	3,732
8.	To re-elect John Nicholas as a Director.	103,225,693	99.02	1,019,233	0.98	3,343,460
9.	To re-elect Dennis Proctor as a Director.	103,840,785	96.52	3,743,869	3.48	3,732
10.	To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.	106,664,521	99.14	920,133	0.86	3,732
11.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.	105,424,415	97.99	2,162,477	2.01	1,494
12.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	101,100,045	93.97	6,484,540	6.03	3,800
13.	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	102,301,450	99.08	953,135	0.92	4,333,801
14.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	101,282,266	94.25	6,184,399	5.75	121,721
15.	To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).	96,841,970	90.01	10,742,398	9.99	4,017

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 149,130,915 ordinary shares of 25p each.

The total number of votes cast by poll, including "Votes Withheld", was 107,588,386; % of poll votes cast was 72.1%.

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 Richard Darby Madeleine Seacombe	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,  Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

 

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