Result of AGM
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 (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.
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