22nd Apr 2009 11:53
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For Immediate Release |
22 April 2009 |
Hunting PLC
("Hunting" or "the Company")
Results of Proxy Votes
The results of the proxy votes on the Resolutions before the Annual General Meeting of Hunting PLC on 22nd April 2009 were:-
Resolution 1
To receive the Directors' Report and Accounts
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For 99,248,991 |
Discretion 2,039,208 |
Against 47,239 |
Vote withheld 1,045,981 |
Resolution 2
To approve the Remuneration Committee's Report
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For 83,487,305 |
Discretion 2,032,217 |
Against 14,658,779 |
Vote withheld 2,203,117 |
Resolution 3
To declare a final dividend of 7.0p per share
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For 100,317,481 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 25,000 |
Vote withheld 130 |
Resolution 4
To re-elect Hector McFadyen as a Director
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For 100,247,437 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 91,541 |
Vote withheld 3,633 |
Resolution 5
To re-elect Iain Paterson as a Director
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For 99,962,936 |
Discretion 2,039,090 |
Against 90,701 |
Vote withheld 288,692 |
Resolution 6
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration
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For 98,051,532 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 2,288,749 |
Vote withheld 2,329 |
Resolution 7
To approve the Hunting PLC Performance Share Plan
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For 78,818,116 |
Discretion 2,039,937 |
Against 19,208,334 |
Vote withheld 2,315,032 |
Resolution 8
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
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For 95,317,456 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 3,193,160 |
Vote withheld 1,831,994 |
Resolution 9
Special resolution: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
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For 100,284,982 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 56,171 |
Vote withheld 1,458 |
Resolution 10
Special resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
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For 100,303,109 |
Discretion 2,038,808 |
Against 38,394 |
Vote withheld 1,108 |
Resolution 11
Special resolution: To authorise 14 day notice periods for EGMs
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For 99,970,580 |
Discretion 2,040,559 |
Against 369,771 |
Vote withheld 509 |
Resolutions 1 - 11 were carried.
Total Issued Shares: 131,995,422
Number of proxies cast: 102,381,419
% of proxies cast: 77.56%
Copies of the resolutions relating to special business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility located at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Peter Rose
Company Secretary
22 April 2009
For further information please contact:
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Hunting PLC Peter Rose, Finance Director |
Tel: 020 7321 0123 |
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Buchanan Communications Ben Willey Richard Darby |
Tel: 020 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 fully 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 principal operations in Canada, China, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.
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