REG - Hunting PLC - Results of Annual General Meeting

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18/04/2018 13:40

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Hunting PLC
18 April 2018
 

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For immediate release


18 April 2018



                                                                               
 
 
 
 
 
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, 18 April 2018, 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 11 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 16 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 2017 Annual Report.


134,921,640


99.78


299,887


0.22


1,595,055




2.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.


134,833,215


98.92


1,466,059


1.08


517,307




3.


To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.


102,139,351


75.71


32,768,195


24.29


1,909,035




4.


To re-appoint Arthur James Johnson as a Director.


130,290,478


95.23


6,524,967


4.77


1,137




5.


To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.


131,551,980


96.15


5,263,465


3.85


1,137




6.


To re-elect John Glick as a Director


124,895,219


93.28


8,994,805


6.72


2,926,557




7.


To re-elect John Hofmeister as a Director.


131,503,891


96.12


5,311,465


3.88


1,226




8.


To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.


98,717,634


72.88


36,731,661


27.12


1,367,286




9.


To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.


129,941,285


94.98


6,874,071


5.02


1,226




10.


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.


134,061,303


97.99


2,753,282


2.01


1,996




11.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


134,356,175


98.20


2,457,917


1.80


2,490




12.


To generally authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.


136,765,250


99.96


50,428


0.04


904




13.


To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.


134,837,080


98.55


1,978,508


1.45


993




14.


To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.


135,287,754


98.97


1,407,060


1.03


121,767




15.


To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM).


130,986,141


95.74


5,829,404


4.26


1,037




16.


To amend the Articles of Association.


135,577,062


99.10


1,235,739


0.90


3,780



 
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 164,173,603 Ordinary shares of 25p each.
 
The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was 136,817,082; % of votes cast by poll was 83.3% of the total issued share capital.
 
The Directors of the Company note the votes received in respect of resolutions 3 and 8.  A note of the actions to be taken following this outcome will shortly be published on the Company's website at www.huntingplc.com.
 
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
Jim Johnson, Chief Executive
Peter Rose, Finance Director
Tarryn Riley, Investor Relations
 


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123
 




Buchanan
Ben Romney
Chris Judd


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000



 




 
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, Kenya, 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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