Hunting Regulatory News (HTG)

23 Apr 2008 11:29

Hunting PLC23 April 2008 HUNTING PLC The results of the proxy votes on the Resolutions before the Annual GeneralMeeting of Hunting PLC on 23rd April 2008 were:- Resolution 1 To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts For 86,906,024 Discretion 36,693 Against 251,072 Vote withheld 1,497,456 Resolution 2 To approve the Remuneration Committee's Report For 64,082,002 Discretion 36,693 Against 4,693,767 Vote withheld 19,878,783 Resolution 3 To declare a final dividend of 5.7p per share For 88,648,632 Discretion 36,693 Against 435 Vote withheld 5,485 Resolution 4 To re-elect Dennis Proctor as a Director For 88,092,975 Discretion 38,108 Against 556,497 Vote withheld 3,665 Resolution 5 To re-elect George Helland as a Director For 86,916,758 Discretion 38,108 Against 1,732,714 Vote withheld 3,665 Resolution 6 To re-elect Richard Hunting as a Director For 87,281,356 Discretion 38,108 Against 280,427 Vote withheld 1,091,354 Resolution 7 To elect Peter Rose as a Director For 88,204,089 Discretion 38,130 Against 271,672 Vote withheld 177,354 Resolution 8 To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration For 87,919,700 Discretion 37,130 Against 200,998 Vote withheld 533,417 Resolution 9 To approve the amendment to the Schedule to the rules of the Hunting 2001 Unapproved Share Option Plan For 87,899,088 Discretion 37,130 Against 380,964 Vote withheld 374,063 Resolution 10 To authorise the Directors to allot shares For 88,356,446 Discretion 37,130 Against 290,754 Vote withheld 6,915 Resolution 11 Special resolution: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights For 88,591,269 Discretion 37,278 Against 50,942 Vote withheld 11,756 Resolution 12 Special resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares For 88,639,228 Discretion 37,278 Against 9,359 Vote withheld 5,380 Resolution 13 Special resolution: To adopt new Articles of Association For 88,529,534 Discretion 37,278 Against 120,416 Vote withheld 4,017 Resolutions 1 - 13 were carried. Total Issued Shares: 131,880,557 Number of proxies cast: 88,691,245 %age ofproxies cast: 67.25% Copies of the resolutions relating to special business at the AGM have beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available forinspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility located at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS Peter Rose Company Secretary 23 April 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange