18 May
2022
Keller Group plc
(the “Company")
Result of 2022 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 9:30am on Wednesday, 18 May 2022.
As announced on 1 February 2022,
Nancy Tuor Moore, independent
Non-executive Director and Chair of Keller’s Environment Committee,
having served on the Board for eight years, retired from the Board
at the conclusion of the Company's 2022 AGM. Nancy was succeeded as
Environment Committee Chair by Juan Hernández Abrams who, as
previously announced, had joined the Board as an independent
Non-executive Director on 1 February 2022.
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
Report and Accounts |
57,525,018 |
99.99% |
4,550 |
0.01% |
57,529,568 |
74,172 |
| 2 - To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration Report |
52,806,875 |
91.68% |
4,791,178 |
8.32% |
57,598,053 |
5,687 |
| 3 – To declare a final
dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share |
57,603,740 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
57,603,740 |
0 |
4 – To
re-appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors |
57,081,406 |
99.10% |
520,233 |
0.90% |
57,601,639 |
2,101 |
| 5 - To authorise the
Audit and Risk Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration |
57,584,869 |
99.97% |
16,890 |
0.03% |
57,601,759 |
1,981 |
| 6 - To elect Juan G.
Hernández Abrams |
57,462,582 |
99.77% |
131,651 |
0.23% |
57,594,233 |
9,507 |
| 7 - To re-elect Peter
Hill CBE |
57,028,542 |
99.01% |
569,691 |
0.99% |
57,598,233 |
5,507 |
| 8 - To re-elect Paula
Bell |
57,201,291 |
99.31% |
394,942 |
0.69% |
57,596,233 |
7,507 |
| 9 - To re-elect David
Burke |
57,471,375 |
99.79% |
122,858 |
0.21% |
57,594,233 |
9,507 |
| 10 - To re-elect Eva
Lindqvist |
53,946,087 |
93.66% |
3,652,146 |
6.34% |
57,598,233 |
5,507 |
| 11 - To re-elect
Baroness Kate Rock |
57,202,911 |
99.31% |
394,972 |
0.69% |
57,597,883 |
5,857 |
| 12 - To
re-elect Michael Speakman |
57,513,409 |
99.85% |
84,824 |
0.15% |
57,598,233 |
5,507 |
13 -
Authority to
allot shares |
56,610,838 |
98.28% |
989,726 |
1.72% |
57,600,564 |
3,176 |
| 14 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights |
57,577,688 |
99.96% |
20,602 |
0.04% |
57,598,290 |
5,450 |
| 15 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances) |
55,315,020 |
96.04% |
2,283,310 |
3.96% |
57,598,330 |
5,410 |
16 -
Authority to
buy back shares |
56,996,479 |
99.02% |
566,444 |
0.98% |
57,562,923 |
40,817 |
| 17 - Authority to make
political donations |
56,787,721 |
98.58% |
815,279 |
1.42% |
57,603,000 |
740 |
| 18 - Authority to call
a general meeting on 14 days’ notice |
56,508,230 |
98.10% |
1,095,510 |
1.90% |
57,603,740 |
0 |
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 57,603,740 ordinary shares of
10 pence per share, representing
79.16% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the
AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at 18 May 2022 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and
the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 328,954
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 more than £2bn.