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