Hunting PlcLSE: HTG

Report on Payments to Govts

· Issued by Hunting PLC

For immediate release

  20 April 2023

Hunting PLC

("Hunting" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Report on Payments to Governments

for the year ended 31 December 2022

Hunting PLC (LSE : HTG) the international energy services group today provides information in accordance with DTR 4.3A in respect of payments made by the Company to governments for the year ended 31 December 2022 and in compliance with The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3209) as amended by the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2015 (2015/1928).

The following schedule details payments made to the US government by its wholly owned subsidiary Tenkay Resources, Inc ("Tenkay"). No other businesses within the Group are impacted by the above legislation and its reporting requirements. Further, due to the operational focus of Tenkay, the US government is the only relevant party to whom payments are made.

Reporting Category

Total 2022 Payments

US$

Production entitlements

Nil

State Severance Taxes

49,374

State Income Taxes

Nil

Federal Income Taxes

Nil

Royalties

-  Onshore

-  Offshore

2,410

824,180

Dividends

Nil

Signature/discovery/production bonuses

Nil

Licence / rental fees

Nil

Infrastructure improvements

Nil

Total

875,964

The above summary consolidates payments made by Tenkay in relation to 11 operating oil and gas fields which have made payments to the US government in the year and in which the business had an interest during the reporting period. Tenkay's business model has been to hold small equity or working interests in oil and gas assets across the US.

Payment Analysis By State (excluding State Income Taxes)

State

No. of Fields

Net Royalties Paid Attributable to Tenkay

State

Severance Taxes

Total Payments

$

$

$

Louisiana

1

-

17,223

17,223

Montana

1

2,410

6,393

8,803

North Dakota

                1              

-
3,796
3,796

Texas

                6  

-

31,667

31,667

Offshore

2

824,180

(9,705)

814,475

11

826,590

49,374

875,964

This report is available for download at www.huntingplc.com .

For further information please contact:

Hunting PLC

Ben Willey, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123

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 premium 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, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

Hunting PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66.

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