REG-Keller Group Plc: Result of AGM

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15/05/2024 11:15

15 May 2024

Keller Group plc (the “Company")
 Result of 2024 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 10:00am today.

 

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 Annual Report and Accounts                                                            53,878,370  100.00%  2,550          0.00%   53,880,920   196,494         
 2 - To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy                                                        51,360,080  95.11%   2,639,884      4.89%   53,999,964   77,450          
 3 - To approve the Directors’ remuneration report                                                        52,568,778  97.35%   1,431,265      2.65%   54,000,043   77,371          
 4 – To declare a final dividend of 31.3p per Ordinary Share                                              54,016,129  100.00%  0              0.00%   54,016,129   61,285          
 5 – To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors                                                          53,277,451  98.64%   732,164        1.36%   54,009,615   67,799          
 6 - To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the Auditors                  53,835,838  99.67%   179,130        0.33%   54,014,968   62,446          
 7 - To elect Annette Kelleher as a Director                                                              53,298,124  99.70%   162,718        0.30%   53,460,842   616,572         
 8 - To re-elect Paula Bell as a Director                                                                 52,696,815  98.57%   764,675        1.43%   53,461,490   615,924         
 9 - To re-elect David Burke as a Director                                                                53,939,601  99.89%   61,143         0.11%   54,000,744   76,670          
 10 - To re-elect Juan G. Hernández Abrams as a Director                                                  53,244,313  98.59%   760,429        1.41%   54,004,742   72,672          
 11 - To re-elect Peter Hill CBE as a Director                                                            52,198,312  96.67%   1,796,325      3.33%   53,994,637   82,777          
 12 - To re-elect Baroness Kate Rock as a Director                                                        53,240,067  98.58%   764,675        1.42%   54,004,742   72,672          
 13 - To re-elect Michael Speakman as a Director                                                          53,816,218  99.65%   188,526        0.35%   54,004,744   72,670          
 14 – To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006    51,747,469  95.82%   2,257,274      4.18%   54,004,743   72,671          
 15 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                                                            52,921,326  97.99%   1,083,418      2.01%   54,004,744   72,670          
 16 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances                                   46,900,012  86.84%   7,104,730      13.16%  54,004,742   72,672          
 17 – To authorise market purchases of the Company’s shares                                               53,436,922  98.99%   546,832        1.01%   53,983,754   93,660          
 18 – To authorise the payment of political donations and political expenditure                           52,902,069  98.42%   851,235        1.58%   53,753,304   324,110         
 19 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 days’ notice                                              53,145,268  98.40%   866,857        1.60%   54,012,125   65,289          

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
54,016,129 ordinary shares of 10 pence per share, representing 74.02% of the
total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued
share capital as at 15 May 2024 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and the number
of votes per share is one. The Company held 123,153 shares in Treasury, which
do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 14, and 18 were proposed as
Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17, and 19 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 9,500 staff and operations
across five continents, Keller tackles an unrivalled 5,500 projects every
year, generating annual revenue of c.£3bn.



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