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RNS Number : 3437C
Hunting PLC
12 April 2017
For immediate release
12 April 2017
 
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, 12 April 2017, 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All resolutions were passed by the required majority, with the exception of resolution 3 which was withdrawn prior to the meeting.
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 2016 Annual Report.
119,191,857
99.70
355,738
0.30
912,710
2.
To approve the Director's Remuneration Policy.
115,509,628
96.39
4,324,601
3.61
626,075
3.
To approve the Remuneration Committee's exercise of discretion for awards under the Hunting Performance Share Plan.
WITHDRAWN
4.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.
115,967,259
96.77
3,866,581
3.23
626,464
5.
To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.
112,083,574
94.54
6,470,474
5.46
1,906,256
6.
To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.
120,124,400
99.72
335,163
0.28
742
7.
To re-elect John Glick as a Director
120,132,986
99.73
324,077
0.27
3,242
8.
To re-elect John Hofmeister as a Director.
117,494,504
97.54
2,965,059
2.46
742
9.
To re-elect John Nicholas as a Director.
118,942,735
98.74
1,515,328
1.26
2,242
10.
To re-elect Dennis Proctor as a Director.
118,312,566
98.22
2,146,997
1.78
742
11.
To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.
118,657,353
98.50
1,802,210
1.50
742
12.
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.
118,640,441
98.49
1,817,590
1.51
2,274
13.
To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
115,880,719
97.41
3,080,853
2.59
1,498,733
14.
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.
119,798,338
99.97
32,453
0.03
629,514
15.
To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.
113,911,964
95.06
5,917,877
4.94
630,464
16.
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.
116,756,486
97.12
3,456,567
2.88
247,252
17.
To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).
109,109,548
90.58
11,350,300
9.42
456
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 163,739,686 Ordinary shares of 25p each.
The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was 120,460,305; % of poll votes cast was 73.6%.
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
Tarryn Riley, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123
Buchanan 
Richard Darby
Chris Judd
Madeleine Seacombe
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Notes to Editors:
About HuntingPLC
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, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.
Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.

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