Last checked at 20 Apr 2022 14:40
For immediate release | 20 April 2022 |
Hunting PLC
("Hunting" or "the Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
and Directorate Change
Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG) announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 20 April 2022, 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 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 2021 Annual Report. | 126,634,465 | 99.9 | 10,436 | 0.1 | 152,004 |
2. | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration. | 113,995,982 | 89.9 | 12,797,732 | 10.1 | 3,191 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 4.0 cents per share. | 126,788,580 | 99.9 | 7,708 | 0.1 | 617 |
4. | To appoint Paula Harris as a Director. | 126,702,542 | 99.9 | 91,188 | 0.1 | 3,175 |
5. | To re-elect Annell Bay as a Director. | 122,303,871 | 96.5 | 4,490,808 | 3.5 | 2,226 |
6. | To re-elect Carol Chesney as a Director. | 125,720,162 | 99.2 | 1,070,091 | 0.8 | 6,652 |
7. | To re-elect Bruce Ferguson as a Director. | 126,566,212 | 99.8 | 226,968 | 0.2 | 3,725 |
8. | To re-elect John Glick as a Director. | 124,445,364 | 98.4 | 1,981,591 | 1.6 | 369,950 |
9. | To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director. | 126,597,327 | 99.9 | 192,926 | 0.1 | 6,652 |
10. | To re-elect Keith Lough as a Director. | 125,716,662 | 99.2 | 1,073,591 | 0.8 | 6,652 |
11. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor. | 126,526,777 | 99.8 | 263,702 | 0.2 | 4,426 |
12. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration. | 126,775,918 | 99.9 | 13,586 | 0.1 | 7,401 |
13. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 126,185,022 | 99.5 | 609,755 | 0.5 | 2,128 |
14. | To generally authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. | 125,455,351 | 98.9 | 1,336,525 | 1.1 | 5,029 |
15. | To authorise the Directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights. | 121,805,946 | 96.1 | 4,984,430 | 3.9 | 6,529 |
16. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares. | 126,603,772 | 99.9 | 108,061 | 0.1 | 85,122 |
17. | To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings (other than an AGM). | 125,578,290 | 99.0 | 1,217,998 | 1.0 | 617 |
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 126,796,905; % of votes cast by poll was 76.8% 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.
Directorate Change
Following conclusion of the AGM, Paula Harris has joined the Board with immediate effect, having received the relevant votes in favour. Ms Harris has been appointed to the Board's Audit, Ethics and Sustainability, Nomination and Remuneration Committees with immediate effect.
Richard Hunting has also retired from the Board and has stepped down as a Director of the Company.
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 Jon Krinks | 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.
The Group reports in US dollars across four segments: Hunting Titan, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") and Asia Pacific.
Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.