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REG-Keller Group PLC: Result of AGM

18 May 2022

Keller Group plc (the “Company")
 Result of 2022 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)

Keller Group plc announces that all resolutions were passed at the Company’s
AGM held at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160 Aldersgate Street, London
EC1A 4HT at 9:30am on Wednesday, 18 May 2022.

As announced on 1 February 2022, Nancy Tuor Moore, independent Non-executive
Director and Chair of Keller’s Environment Committee, having served on the
Board for eight years, retired from the Board at the conclusion of the
Company's 2022 AGM. Nancy was succeeded as Environment Committee Chair by Juan
Hernández Abrams who, as previously announced, had joined the Board as an
independent Non-executive Director on 1 February 2022. 

In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at
the meeting and 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                                               57,525,018   99.99%      4,550      0.01%   57,529,568      74,172      
 2 - To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report                                    52,806,875   91.68%    4,791,178    8.32%   57,598,053       5,687      
 3 – To declare a final dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share                          57,603,740  100.00%        0        0.00%   57,603,740         0        
 4 – To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors                                      57,081,406   99.10%     520,233     0.90%   57,601,639       2,101      
 5 - To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration    57,584,869   99.97%      16,890     0.03%   57,601,759       1,981      
 6 - To elect Juan G. Hernández Abrams                                                57,462,582   99.77%     131,651     0.23%   57,594,233       9,507      
 7 - To re-elect Peter Hill CBE                                                       57,028,542   99.01%     569,691     0.99%   57,598,233       5,507      
 8 - To re-elect Paula Bell                                                           57,201,291  99.31%   394,942        0.69%  57,596,233   7,507           
 9 - To re-elect David Burke                                                          57,471,375  99.79%   122,858        0.21%  57,594,233   9,507           
 10 - To re-elect Eva Lindqvist                                                       53,946,087  93.66%   3,652,146      6.34%  57,598,233   5,507           
 11 - To re-elect Baroness Kate Rock                                                  57,202,911  99.31%   394,972        0.69%  57,597,883   5,857           
 12 - To re-elect Michael Speakman                                                    57,513,409  99.85%   84,824         0.15%  57,598,233   5,507           
 13 - Authority to allot shares                                                       56,610,838  98.28%   989,726        1.72%  57,600,564   3,176           
 14 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                                        57,577,688  99.96%   20,602         0.04%  57,598,290   5,450           
 15 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances)                55,315,020  96.04%   2,283,310      3.96%  57,598,330   5,410           
 16 - Authority to buy back shares                                                    56,996,479  99.02%   566,444        0.98%  57,562,923   40,817          
 17 - Authority to make political donations                                           56,787,721  98.58%   815,279        1.42%  57,603,000   740             
 18 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 days’ notice                          56,508,230  98.10%   1,095,510      1.90%  57,603,740   0               

Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A
'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of
the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. Votes were cast for a total of
57,603,740 ordinary shares of 10 pence per share, representing 79.16% of the
total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued
share capital as at 18 May 2022 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and the number
of votes per share is one. The Company held 328,954 shares in Treasury, which
do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 13, and 17 were proposed as
Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16, and 18 as Special Resolutions.

This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s website,
www.keller.com, as soon as practicable. The full text of all the resolutions
passed at the meeting can be found in the Notice of AGM, 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
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Group Head of Secretariat
Tel: 020 7616 7575

LEI number:        549300QO4MBL43UHSN10

Classification:     3.1 Additional regulated information required to be
disclosed under the laws of a Member State

Notes to editors:

Keller is the world's largest geotechnical specialist contractor providing a
wide portfolio of advanced foundation and ground improvement techniques used
across the entire construction sector. With around 10,000 staff and operations
across five continents, Keller tackles an unrivalled 6,000 projects every
year, generating annual revenue of more than £2bn.



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