REG - Hunting PLC - Results of AGM and Directorate Change

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RNS Number : 7896I  Hunting PLC  20 April 2022

 For immediate release  20 April 2022

 

 

Hunting PLC

 

("Hunting" or "the Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

and Directorate Change

 

Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG) announces the results of voting on the resolutions at
its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 20 April 2022, 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 13 as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 17 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 2021 Annual Report.                                              126,634,465  99.9  10,436      0.1   152,004
 2.   To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.                                   113,995,982  89.9  12,797,732  10.1  3,191
 3.   To declare a final dividend of 4.0 cents per share.                             126,788,580  99.9  7,708       0.1   617
 4.   To appoint Paula Harris as a Director.                                          126,702,542  99.9  91,188      0.1   3,175
 5.   To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.                                           122,303,871  96.5  4,490,808   3.5   2,226
 6.   To re-elect Carol Chesney as a Director.                                        125,720,162  99.2  1,070,091   0.8   6,652
 7.   To re-elect Bruce Ferguson as a Director.                                       126,566,212  99.8  226,968     0.2   3,725
 8.   To re-elect John Glick as a Director.                                           124,445,364  98.4  1,981,591   1.6   369,950
 9.   To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director.                                          126,597,327  99.9  192,926     0.1   6,652
 10.  To re-elect Keith Lough as a Director.                                          125,716,662  99.2  1,073,591   0.8   6,652
 11.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.                                          126,526,777  99.8  263,702     0.2   4,426
 12.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration.           126,775,918  99.9  13,586      0.1   7,401
 13.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                     126,185,022  99.5  609,755     0.5   2,128
 14.  To generally authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.            125,455,351  98.9  1,336,525   1.1   5,029
 15.  To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.           121,805,946  96.1  4,984,430   3.9   6,529
 16.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.            126,603,772  99.9  108,061     0.1   85,122
 17.  To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an  125,578,290  99.0  1,217,998   1.0   617
      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
126,796,905; % of votes cast by poll was 76.8% 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) .

 

Directorate Change

 

Following conclusion of the AGM, Paula Harris has joined the Board with
immediate effect, having received the relevant votes in favour. Ms Harris has
been appointed to the Board's Audit, Ethics and Sustainability, Nomination and
Remuneration Committees with immediate effect.

 

Richard Hunting has also retired from the Board and has stepped down as a
Director of the Company.

 

For further information please contact:

 

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

 Jim Johnson, Chief Executive

 Bruce Ferguson, Finance Director

 Tarryn Riley, Investor Relations

 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.

 

The Group reports in US dollars across four segments: Hunting Titan, North
America, Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") and Asia Pacific.

 

Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.

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