REG - Hunting PLC - Results of Annual General Meeting

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15/04/2020 16:30

RNS Number : 7848J
  
Hunting PLC
  
15 April 2020
  
 

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For immediate release


15 April 2020




                                                                                
 
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, 15 April 2020, as set out in the Notice of  AGM. Voting at the AGM was completed by way of a poll. As noted in the Company's announcement dated 3 April 2020, resolution three was withdrawn prior to the AGM.
 
All resolutions, with the exception of resolution three, were passed by the required majority, resolutions 1 to 12, as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 as special resolutions. The result of the poll is outlined in the table below:
 




 


Resolution


For


%


Against


%


Votes Withheld




1.


To receive the 2019 Annual Report.


133,818,836


99.99


13,622


0.01


429,282




2.


To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.


125,480,115


93.69


8,449,794


6.31


331,831




3.


To declare a final dividend of 6.0 cents per share.


WITHDRAWN


 




4.


To appoint Bruce Ferguson as a Director


131,477,371


97.93


2,781,372


2.07


2,998




5.


To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director.


133,919,831


99.75


340,601


0.25


1,309




6.


To re-elect Carol Chesney as a Director


133,778,850


99.64


477,155


0.36


5,736




7.


To re-elect Jay Glick as a Director.


124,565,577


96.81


4,102,461


3.19


5,593,702




8.


To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director.


131,547,530


97.98


2,712,902


2.02


1,309




9.


To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director.


131,243,287


97.99


2,691,923


2.01


326,531




10.


To re-elect Keith Lough as a Director.


133,593,064


99.51


661,441


0.49


7,236




11.


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


134,254,716


99.99


6,037


0.01


988




12.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


132,119,621


98.41


2,139,916


1.59


2,204




13.


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


134,229,324


99.98


30,213


0.02


2,204




14.


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


133,886,724


99.72


371,012


0.28


4,004




15.


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


133,873,456


99.73


364,738


0.27


23,546




16.


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


117,311,473


87.38


16,949,415


12.62


853



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
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 134,261,740; % of votes cast by poll was 81.4% 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.
 
For further information please contact:
 




Hunting PLC
Jim Johnson, Chief Executive
Bruce Ferguson, 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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