17 May
2023
Keller Group plc
(the “Company")
Result of 2023 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 11:00am on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.
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 |
60,059,430 |
100.00% |
1,700 |
0.00% |
60,061,130 |
58,230 |
| 2 - To approve the
Directors’ remuneration report |
56,345,523 |
93.73% |
3,769,367 |
6.27% |
60,114,890 |
4,470 |
| 3 – To declare a final
dividend of 24.5p per Ordinary Share |
60,117,950 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
60,117,950 |
1,410 |
4 – To
re-appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors |
59,312,738 |
98.66% |
804,802 |
1.34% |
60,117,540 |
1,820 |
| 5 - To authorise the
Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the
Auditors |
59,705,056 |
99.31% |
412,594 |
0.69% |
60,117,650 |
1,710 |
| 6 - To re-elect Paula
Bell as a Director |
59,517,475 |
99.01% |
593,548 |
0.99% |
60,111,023 |
8,337 |
| 7 - To re-elect David
Burke as a Director |
60,006,344 |
99.83% |
100,679 |
0.17% |
60,107,023 |
12,337 |
| 8 - To re-elect Juan
G. Hernández Abrams as a Director |
59,527,933 |
99.04% |
579,090 |
0.96% |
60,107,023 |
12,337 |
| 9 - To re-elect Peter
Hill CBE as a Director |
57,942,782 |
96.39% |
2,168,241 |
3.61% |
60,111,023 |
8,337 |
| 10 - To re-elect Eva
Lindqvist as a Director |
56,578,088 |
94.12% |
3,532,934 |
5.88% |
60,111,022 |
8,338 |
| 11 - To re-elect
Baroness Kate Rock as a Director |
59,515,013 |
99.01% |
594,310 |
0.99% |
60,109,323 |
8,337 |
| 12 - To re-elect
Michael Speakman as a Director |
60,044,122 |
99.89% |
65,592 |
0.11% |
60,109,714 |
9,646 |
| 13 – To authorise the
Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006 |
58,861,429 |
97.91% |
1,256,521 |
2.09% |
60,117,950 |
1,410 |
| 14 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights |
59,194,276 |
98.47% |
921,974 |
1.53% |
60,116,250 |
3,110 |
| 15 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances |
54,756,003 |
91.08% |
5,360,247 |
8.92% |
60,116,250 |
3,110 |
| 16 – To authorise
market purchases of the Company’s shares |
59,705,333 |
99.34% |
398,929 |
0.66% |
60,104,262 |
15,098 |
| 17 – To authorise the
payment of political donations and political expenditure |
59,085,620 |
98.29% |
1,030,939 |
1.71% |
60,116,559 |
2,801 |
| 18 - Authority to call
a general meeting on 14 days’ notice |
59,228,843 |
98.52% |
889,056 |
1.48% |
60,117,899 |
1,461 |
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 60,117,950 ordinary shares of
10 pence per share, representing
82.61% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the
AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at 17 May 2023 was 72,776,602 ordinary shares and
the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 323,133
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 c£3bn.