REG - Hunting PLC - Results of Annual General Meeting

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17/04/2019 14:00

RNS Number : 5232W
Hunting PLC
17 April 2019
 






For immediate release


17 April 2019




 
 
 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, 17 April 2019, 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 12 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 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 2018 Annual Report.


136,004,675


99.93


98,649


0.07


522,579




2.


To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.


125,531,545


95.63


5,732,104


4.37


5,362,254




3.


To declare a final dividend of 5.0 cents per share.


136,625,903


100.00


0


0.00


0




4.


To re-appoint Carol Chesney as a Director.


136,136,695


99.64


488,908


0.36


300




5.


To re-appoint Keith Lough as a Director.


136,136,506


99.64


488,908


0.36


489




6.


To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.


132,748,270


99.33


892,653


0.67


2,984,980




7.


To re-elect John Glick as a Director.


133,415,083


98.39


2,179,726


1.61


1,031,094




8.


To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.


134,379,634


98.36


2,245,969


1.64


300




9.


To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director.


134,384,193


98.36


2,239,910


1.64


1,800




10.


To re-elect Peter Rose as a Director.


134,290,940


98.29


2,334,663


1.71


300




11.


To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors and authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.


136,035,027


99.57


590,167


0.43


709




12.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


132,489,909


96.98


4,132,831


3.02


3,163




13.


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


136,605,631


99.99


13,769


0.01


6,503




14.


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


134,095,372


98.15


2,524,728


1.85


5,803




15.


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


135,511,181


99.51


667,801


0.49


446,921




16.


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


121,243,724


88.74


15,379,379


11.26


2,800




 
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 166,940,082 Ordinary shares of 25p each.
 
The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was 136,625,903; 81.8% of votes cast by poll was % 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
 
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, 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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