30 Jun 2022 07:00
30 June 2022
Hurricane Energy plc
("Hurricane" or the "Company")
Result of Voting at AGM
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 29 June 2022. The AGM was held at The Science Suite, Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA. The presentation made at the meeting is available at the website on www.hurricaneenergy.com. Each of the resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting were put to the AGM, voted on by way of a poll, and duly approved.
The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the AGM, as more fully disclosed in the Notice of Meeting available on the Company's website, was as follows:
# | Resolution | VotesFOR | % | Votes AGAINST | % | Votes TOTAL | % ISC Voted | Votes WITHELD |
1 | Receive Annual Report and Group Financial Statements | 826,913,047 | 90.31 | 88,715,000 | 9.69 | 915,628,047 | 45.97 | 1,599,780 |
2 | Appoint PKF Littlejohn LLP as the Company's auditors | 905,798,576 | 98.93 | 9,797,692 | 1.07 | 915,596,268 | 45.97 | 1,281,559 |
3 | Elect Philip Wolfe
| 832,338,602 | 90.98 | 82,482,591 | 9.02 | 914,821,193 | 45.93 | 2,406,634 |
4 | Elect John Wright | 883,541,016 | 96.62 | 30,953,465 | 3.38 | 914,494,481 | 45.91 | 2,733,346 |
5 | Elect David Craik
| 883,427,302 | 96.51 | 31,989,278 | 3.49 | 915,416,580 | 45.96 | 1,811,247 |
6 | Elect Juan Morera | 884,949,417 | 96.58 | 31,347,790 | 3.42 | 916,297,207 | 46.00 | 930,620 |
7 | Elect Linda Beal
| 906,725,327 | 98.96 | 9,552,580 | 1.04 | 916,277,907 | 46.00 | 949,920 |
8 | Re-elect Antony Maris | 822,014,546 | 89.69 | 94,512,631 | 10.31 | 916,527,177 | 46.01 | 700,650 |
9 | Renew authority to allot shares in the Company | 823,519,177 | 90.06 | 90,888,249 | 9,94 | 914,407,426 | 45.91 | 2,820,401 |
10 | Authority to allot shares for cash free of pre-emptive rights * | 827,375,759 | 90.50 | 86,824,823 | 9.50 | 914,200,582 | 45.90 | 3,027,245 |
Notes:
Computershare Investor Services PLC acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
· * denotes Special Resolution.
· A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes cast "For" or "Against" the resolution, nor in the calculation of the "% ISC Voted" for any resolution.
· Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution at the AGM, excluding any "Withheld" votes.
· "% ISC Voted" denotes the votes validly cast for each resolution as a percentage of the issued share capital of 1,991,871,556 shares as at 27 June 2022, being the last date for submission of votes by proxy in advance of the AGM.
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Contacts:
Hurricane Energy plc Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer communications@hurricaneenergy.com
| +44 (0)1483 862820 |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Callum Stewart / Jason Grossman
| +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Investec Bank plc Joint Corporate Broker Chris Sim / Jarrett Silver / Charles Craven | +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
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Vigo Consulting Public Relations Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons hurricane@vigoconsulting.com
| +44 (0)20 7390 0230 |
About Hurricane
Hurricane has a 100% interest in and operates the Lancaster field, the UK's first field to produce from a fractured basement reservoir.
Hurricane also has a 50% interest in the Greater Warwick Area licence, which contains the Lincoln and Warwick assets.
Visit Hurricane's website at www.hurricaneenergy.com
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