⌘K
t
Hunting PLC announced the results of its Annual General Meeting held on 15 April 2026, where all 18 proposed resolutions were passed by the required majority. Shareholders approved a final dividend of 6.8 cents per share, re-elected all named directors, and re-appointed Deloitte LLP as auditor. The poll saw 70.47% of the Company's 153,242,837 issued ordinary shares participate.
| Date | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Time | 12:00:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6137A |
|
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