Keller Group PLC Result of AGM

 
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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: [phone] 
 
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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