Kier Group PLC Result of AGM (6790H)

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RNS Number : 6790H

Kier Group PLC

16 November 2018

KIER GROUP PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Kier Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting on 16 November 2018 were voted on, and passed, by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 
         Resolution           Total votes   % voted(2)   Votes for    % votes     Votes       % votes        Votes 
                                validly                                for(3)    against     against(3)    withheld(1) 
                                cast(1) 
      To receive the annual 
      report and accounts 
      for the year ended 30 
 1    June 2018               52,825,631    54.09%       52,608,093   99.99%    2,861       0.01%         214,677 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To approve the 
      directors' 
      remuneration report 
      for the year ended 30 
 2    June 2018               52,825,630    54.09%       51,472,277   99.01%    512,853     0.99%         840,500 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To declare a final 
      dividend 
      of 46.0p per share 
      for 
      the year ended 30 
      June 
 3    2018                    52,825,631    54.09%       52,773,527   99.91%    49,826      0.09%         2,278 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr J R 
      Atkinson 
 4    as a director           52,825,631    54.09%       52,721,728   99.85%    78,535      0.15%         25,368 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mrs C F 
      Baroudel as a 
 5    director                52,825,631    54.09%       52,594,038   99.66%    180,067     0.34%         51,526 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mrs A K 
      Bashforth as a 
 6    director                52,825,631    54.09%       52,709,793   99.88%    65,028      0.12%         50,810 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr P G 
      Cox 
 7    as a director           52,825,630    54.09%       52,333,199   99.13%    461,877     0.87%         30,554 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr B E J 
 8     Dew as a director      52,825,631    54.09%       52,633,168   99.68%    167,740     0.32%         24,723 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr H J 
      Mursell 
 9    as a director           52,825,631    54.09%       52,651,498   99.71%    152,269     0.29%         21,864 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr C 
      Veritiero 
 10   as a director           52,825,631    54.09%       52,663,286   99.75%    133,526     0.25%         28,819 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-elect Mr A C 
      Walker 
 11   as a director           52,825,631    54.09%       52,736,588   99.88%    63,677      0.12%         25,366 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint PwC LLP 
 12    as auditor             52,825,631    54.09%       52,746,294   99.87%    66,403      0.13%         12,934 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise the 
      directors 
      to agree the 
      remuneration 
 13   of the auditor          52,825,631    54.09%       52,789,312   99.94%    29,798      0.06%         6,521 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise the 
      directors 
 14   to allot shares         52,825,631    54.09%       52,304,006   99.05%    502,951     0.95%         18,674 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise the 
      directors 
      to disapply 
      pre-emption 
 15   rights (general)        52,825,631    54.09%       51,979,921   98.46%    810,607     1.54%         35,103 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise the 
      directors 
      to disapply 
      pre-emption 
      rights (acquisition 
      or specified capital 
 16   investment)             52,825,630    54.09%       50,041,584   94.77%    2,761,476   5.23%         22,570 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise the 
      Company 
      to call general 
      meetings, 
      other than annual 
      general 
      meetings, on not less 
      than 14 clear days' 
 17   notice                  52,825,631    54.09%       51,692,981   97.87%    1,127,099   2.13%         5,551 
     ----------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 

Notes:

1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

2. Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital on 14 November 2018. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 14 November 2018 was 97,660,163.

   3.      Expressed as a percentage of all votes validly cast (and does not include votes withheld). 

Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 (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 Listing Rule 9.6.2. These resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

For enquiries please contact:

Beth Melges

Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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