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 for1

Votes against

% votes

Against1

Votes

Withheld2

Total votes validly cast2

% voted3

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 of the auditor

255,754,251

99.97

67,049

0.03

74,966

255,821,300

56.49

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 specified capital investment)

249,676,897

97.63

6,068,891

2.37

149,295

255,745,788

56.47

19

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each

254,491,803

99.64

928,785

0.36

475,606

255,420,588

56.40

20

To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice

250,144,094

97.77

5,715,212

2.23

57,957

255,859,306

56.50

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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

The Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

 

For enquiries, please contact:

 

Kier Group plc


Jaime Tham

Company Secretary           

+44 (0) 7801 975 672

FTI Consulting


Richard Mountain

+44 (0) 20 3727 1340

 

                        

 

                          

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