Result of AGM

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Hunting PLC announced the results of its Annual General Meeting held on April 15, 2026, where all resolutions were passed by the required majority. Key resolutions approved included the 2025 Annual Report with 99.49% in favour, the Annual Report on Remuneration with 96.76% in favour, and the declaration of a final dividend of 6.8 cents per share with 100% in favour. Directors were re-elected with strong support, and Deloitte LLP was re-appointed as auditor with 99.96% in favour. Resolutions authorising the directors to allot shares and disapply pre-emption rights received 89.09% and 87.87% approval respectively, while market purchases of its own shares were authorised with 98.80% in favour. The total number of votes cast represented 70.47% of the total issued share capital.

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Hunting PLC
15 April 2026
 

 

For immediate release

15 April 2026


 

 

 

 

 

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 2026, 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 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 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 2025 Annual Report.

107,214,330

99.49

546,868

0.51

230,268

2.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration.

104,070,472

96.76

3,489,164

3.24

431,830

3.

To declare a final dividend of 6.8 cents per share.

107,990,099

100.00

260

0.00

1,107

4.

To re-elect Margaret Amos as a Director.

106,564,629

98.69

1,417,534

1.31

9,303

5.

To re-elect Stuart Brightman as a Director.

105,256,367

97.47

2,730,223

2.53

4,876

6.

To re-elect Carol Chesney as a Director.

104,738,289

98.71

1,368,604

1.29

1,884,573

7.

To re-elect Bruce Ferguson as a Director.

107,877,838

99.92

88,752

0.08

24,876

8.

To re-elect Paula Harris as a Director.

105,043,204

97.29

2,923,386

2.71

24,876

9.

To re-elect Jim Johnson as a Director.

106,251,769

98.41

1,714,821

1.59

24,876

10.

To re-elect Cathy Krajicek as a Director.

106,837,385

98.94

1,144,778

1.06

9,303

11.

To re-elect Keith Lough as a Director.

106,839,455

98.94

1,145,408

1.06

6,602

12.

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.

107,941,254

99.96

44,579

0.04

5,632

13.

To authorise the Audit and Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration.

107,830,353

99.86

154,774

0.14

6,338

14.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

96,203,837

89.09

11,778,463

10.91

9,165

15.

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

94,882,183

87.87

13,100,010

12.13

9,272

16.

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

94,242,091

87.28

13,740,102

12.72

9,272

17.

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

106,573,968

98.80

1,297,748

1.20

119,749

18.

To authorise 14 clear days' notice periods for General Meetings.

106,970,438

99.06

1,018,235

0.94

2,792

 

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 153,242,837 Ordinary shares of 25p each.

 

The total number of votes cast by poll, including 'Votes Withheld', was 107,991,466; % of votes cast by poll was 70.47% of the total issued share capital.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority, via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Hunting PLC

Ben Willey, Company Secretary

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123

 

Sodali & Co

James White

                                                    Tel: +44 (0) 79 3535 1934

 

 

About Hunting PLC

 

Hunting is a global, precision engineering group that provides precision-manufactured equipment and premium services, which add value for our customers. Established in 1874, it is a listed public company, quoted on the London Stock Exchange in the Equity Shares in Commercial Companies ("ESCC") category. The Company maintains a corporate office in Houston and is headquartered in London. As well as the United Kingdom, the Company has operations in China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

 

The Group reports in US dollars across five operating segments: Hunting Titan; North America; Subsea Technologies; Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"); and Asia Pacific.

 

The Group also reports revenue and EBITDA financial metrics based on five product groups: OCTG, Perforating Systems, Subsea, Advanced Manufacturing and Other Manufacturing.

 

Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66

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