Results of Proxy Votes

RNS Number : 9807Q

Hunting PLC

22 April 2009

 



For Immediate Release

22 April 2009

Hunting PLC

('Hunting' or 'the Company')

Results of Proxy Votes

The results of the proxy votes on the Resolutions before the Annual General Meeting of Hunting PLC on 22nd  April 2009 were:-

Resolution 1

To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts

For 99,248,991

Discretion 2,039,208

Against 47,239

Vote withheld 1,045,981

Resolution 2

To approve the Remuneration Committee's Report

For 83,487,305

Discretion 2,032,217

Against 14,658,779

Vote withheld 2,203,117

Resolution 3

To declare a final dividend of 7.0p per share

For 100,317,481

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 25,000

Vote withheld 130

Resolution 4

To re-elect Hector McFadyen as a Director

For 100,247,437

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 91,541

Vote withheld 3,633

Resolution 5

To re-elect Iain Paterson as a Director

For 99,962,936

Discretion 2,039,090

Against 90,701

Vote withheld 288,692

Resolution 6

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration

For 98,051,532

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 2,288,749

Vote withheld 2,329

Resolution 7

To approve the Hunting PLC Performance Share Plan

For 78,818,116

Discretion 2,039,937

Against 19,208,334

Vote withheld 2,315,032

Resolution 8

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

For 95,317,456

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 3,193,160

Vote withheld 1,831,994

Resolution 9

Special resolution: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights 

For 100,284,982

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 56,171

Vote withheld 1,458

Resolution 10

Special resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

For 100,303,109

Discretion 2,038,808

Against 38,394

Vote withheld 1,108

Resolution 11

Special resolution: To authorise 14 day notice periods for EGMs

For 99,970,580

Discretion 2,040,559

Against 369,771

Vote withheld 509

Resolutions 1 - 11 were carried.

Total Issued Shares: 131,995,422

Number of proxies cast: 102,381,419

% of proxies cast: 77.56%

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

22 April 2009

For further information please contact:

Hunting PLC Peter Rose, Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan Communications Ben Willey Richard Darby	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, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

 

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