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RNS Number : 7921W  Hunting PLC  19 April 2023

 For immediate release  19 April 2023

 

 

 

 

 

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,19 April 2023, 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 14 as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 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 2022 Annual Report.                                              123,315,335  99.99  7,589       0.01   329,371
 2.   To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.                                   108,770,961  87.98  14,855,627  12.02  25,707
 3.   To declare a final dividend of 4.5 cents per share.                             123,512,975  99.89  139,020     0.11   300
 4.   To re-appoint Stuart Brightman as a Director.                                   123,429,429  99.84  194,626     0.16   28,240
 5.   To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.                                           119,121,543  96.34  4,527,989   3.66   2,763
 6.   To re-elect Carol Chesney as a Director.                                        122,405,572  99.02  1,215,556   0.98   31,167
 7.   To re-elect Bruce Ferguson as a Director.                                       123,388,387  99.79  260,668     0.21   3,240
 8.   To re-elect John Glick as a Director.                                           120,660,937  97.62  2,943,144   2.38   48,214
 9.   To re-elect Paula Harris as a Director                                          122,402,909  99.01  1,218,219   0.99   31,167
 10.  To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director.                                          123,412,681  99.81  237,874     0.19   1,740
 11.  To re-elect Keith Lough as a Director.                                          122,404,313  99.02  1,215,793   0.98   32,189
 12.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.                                          123,120,696  99.99  11,502      0.01   520,097
 13.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration.           123,635,197  99.99  10,872      0.01   6,226
 14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                     123,044,852  99.51  601,523     0.49   5,920
 15.  To generally authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.            121,086,581  97.93  2,559,980   2.07   5,734
 16.  To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.           121,057,766  97.91  2,588,795   2.09   5,734
 17.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.            121,979,087  98.68  1,629,722   1.32   43,486
 18.  To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an  122,345,930  98.95  1,302,548   1.05   3,817
      AGM).

 

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
164,940,082 Ordinary shares of 25p each.

 

The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was
123,652,295; % of votes cast by poll was 75.0% of the total issued share
capital.

 

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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Hunting PLC                     Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123

 Ben Willey, Company Secretary

 Buchanan                        Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 Ben Romney

 Jon Krinks

 

 

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 premium
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 operations in Canada, China,
Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab
Emirates and the United States of America.

 

Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.

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