30 June 2020
Keller Group plc ("the Company")
2020 AGM Results
Keller Group plc (the “Company”) announces that all resolutions were
passed by the requisite majorities at the Company’s Annual General Meeting
held at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A
4HT at 9:00am on Tuesday, 30 June 2020.
In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at
the meeting. The total voting rights (the issued share capital excluding
Treasury Shares) on 26 June 2020 was 72,120,220. The total number of votes
received on each resolution is as follows:
Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Total Votes Votes Withheld
1 - To receive the report and accounts 58,709,042 99.99% 7,960 0.01% 58,717,002 520,553
2 - To approve the Directors’ remuneration report 54,148,800 92.15% 4,609,683 7.85% 58,758,483 479,072
3 – To declare a final dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share 59,226,043 99.98% 11,513 0.02% 59,237,556 0
4 – To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors 59,206,065 99.98% 12,051 0.02% 59,218,116 19,440
5 - To agree the Auditors’ remuneration 59,231,056 99.99% 6,500 0.01% 59,237,556 0
6 - To re-elect Peter Hill CBE 58,472,364 99.51% 289,737 0.49% 58,762,101 475,455
7 - To re-elect Paula Bell 59,002,803 99.61% 229,788 0.39% 59,232,591 4,965
8 - To re-elect Eva Lindqvist 59,002,803 99.61% 229,788 0.39% 59,232,591 4,965
9 - To re-elect Nancy Tuor Moore 59,005,323 99.62% 227,268 0.38% 59,232,591 4,965
10 - To re-elect Baroness Kate Rock 59,001,740 99.61% 230,851 0.39% 59,232,591 4,965
11 - To re-elect Michael Speakman 59,187,441 99.92% 47,954 0.08% 59,235,395 2,161
12 - Authority to allot shares 58,772,265 99.21% 465,291 0.79% 59,237,556 0
13 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights 57,094,103 97.90% 1,226,856 2.10% 58,320,959 916,597
14 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances) 56,613,798 97.07% 1,707,160 2.93% 58,320,958 916,597
15 - Authority to buy back shares 57,960,703 99.14% 500,274 0.86% 58,460,977 776,578
16 - Authority to make political donations 56,426,836 95.26% 2,808,692 4.74% 59,235,528 2,028
17 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 days’ notice 56,833,770 95.94% 2,403,786 4.06% 59,237,556 0
As announced at our 2019 full year results on 3 March 2020, and confirmed in
our announcement made on 16 June 2020, Paul Withers, past Senior Independent
Director and recent Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, having served on
the Board for over eight years, retired from the Board at the conclusion of
the Company's 2020 Annual General Meeting and James Hind and Venu Raju did not
stand for re-election as Executive Directors at the Annual General Meeting.
This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s website,
www.keller.com, as soon as practicable. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2,
copies of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary
business) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will
be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The full text of all the resolutions passed at the meeting can be found in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's
website at www.keller.com.
Enquiries:
Keller Group plc
Kerry Porritt, Group Company Secretary and Legal Advisor
Tel: 020 7616 7575
LEI number: 549300QO4MBL43UHSN10
Classification: 3.1 Additional regulated information required to be
disclosed under the laws of a Member State
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