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RNS Number : 3119M  Kier Group PLC  14 November 2024

14 November 2024

KIER GROUP PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of its Annual General
Meeting held on 14 November 2024. The voting was held on a poll and the
results for each resolution were as follows:

 Resolution                                                                              Votes for    % votes for(1)  Votes against  % votes      Votes         Total votes validly cast(2)  % voted(3)

                                                                                                                                     Against(1)   Withheld(2)
 1       To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024       254,914,941  99.98           40,083         0.02         946,398       254,955,024                  56.30
 2       To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024   246,637,458  96.42           9,145,511      3.58         113,297       255,782,969                  56.48
 3       To re-elect Mr MJ Lester as a Director                                          240,768,363  94.38           14,334,623     5.62         793,208       255,102,986                  56.33
 4       To re-elect Mr AOB Davies as a Director                                         247,682,227  96.82           8,143,411      3.18         70,556        255,825,638                  56.49
 5       To re-elect Mr SJ Kesterton as a Director                                       255,492,570  99.87           340,741        0.13         82,316        255,833,311                  56.49
 6       To elect Mr SJ Togwell as a Director                                            255,637,712  99.93           186,077        0.07         93,474        255,823,789                  56.49
 7       To re-elect Ms AJ Atkinson as a Director                                        244,333,550  95.79           10,745,839     4.21         816,805       255,079,389                  56.32
 8       To re-elect Ms MC Browne OBE as a Director                                      245,010,196  95.79           10,763,191     4.21         97,464        255,773,387                  56.48
 9       To re-elect Ms MG Hassall as a Director                                         242,710,235  94.89           13,081,852     5.11         104,107       255,792,087                  56.48
 10      To elect Mr M Saddiq as a Director                                              249,940,839  97.72           5,843,472      2.28         111,883       255,784,311                  56.48
 11      To re-elect Mr CG Watson as a Director                                          243,654,229  95.26           12,137,163     4.74         104,802       255,791,392                  56.48
 12      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor                             254,733,854  99.59           1,048,106      0.41         114,276       255,781,960                  56.48
 13      To authorise the Risk Management and Audit Committee to agree the remuneration  255,754,251  99.97           67,049         0.03         74,966        255,821,300                  56.49
         of the auditor
 14      To authorise pollical donations                                                 254,503,312  99.66           867,722        0.34         548,131       255,371,034                  56.39
 15      To approve the amendment of the Sharesave Scheme rules                          255,484,777  99.91           223,841        0.09         185,926       255,708,618                  56.46
 16      To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      248,945,957  97.32           6,867,201      2.68         83,036        255,813,158                  56.49
 17      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general)             251,724,771  98.43           4,012,695      1.57         158,263       255,737,466                  56.47
 18      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or       249,676,897  97.63           6,068,891      2.37         149,295       255,745,788                  56.47
         specified capital investment)
 19      To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary     254,491,803  99.64           928,785        0.36         475,606       255,420,588                  56.40
         shares of 1p each
 20      To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general    250,144,094  97.77           5,715,212      2.23         57,957        255,859,306                  56.50
         meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice
 21      To declare a final dividend of 3.48p per ordinary share                         255,302,692  99.78           554,407        0.22         70,738        255,857,099                  56.50

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

1.      Expressed as a percentage of all votes validly cast (and does not
include votes withheld).

2.      A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

3.      Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital on 12
November 2024. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 12 November 2024 was
452,875,390. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number
of voting rights in the Company as at 12 November 2024 was 452,875,390.

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1 to 16
(inclusive) and resolution 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 17 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.

 

 

A copy of all resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary
business, will today be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in
accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2. These resolutions will shortly be
available for inspection at: https://
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)
data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

The Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

 

For enquiries, please contact:

 

 Kier Group plc
 Jaime Tham                                +44 (0) 7801 975 672

 Company Secretary
 FTI Consulting
 Richard Mountain                          +44 (0) 20 3727 1340

 

 

 

 

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