Keller Group PLC Result of AGM

 
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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      %         Votes     %       Total Votes Votes 
                  For                  Against                       Withheld 
 
1 - To receive    57,525,018  99.99%     4,550    0.01%  57,529,568   74,172 
the Report and 
Accounts 
 
2 - To approve    52,806,875  91.68%   4,791,178  8.32%  57,598,053    5,687 
the Directors' 
Remuneration 
Report 
 
3 - To declare a  57,603,740  100.00%      0      0.00%  57,603,740      0 
final dividend of 
23.3p per 
Ordinary Share 
 
4 - To re-appoint 57,081,406  99.10%    520,233   0.90%  57,601,639    2,101 
Ernst & Young LLP 
as Auditors 
 
5 - To authorise  57,584,869  99.97%    16,890    0.03%  57,601,759    1,981 
the Audit and 
Risk Committee to 
agree the 
Auditors' 
remuneration 
 
6 - To elect Juan 57,462,582  99.77%    131,651   0.23%  57,594,233    9,507 
G. Hernández 
Abrams 
 
7 - To re-elect   57,028,542  99.01%    569,691   0.99%  57,598,233    5,507 
Peter Hill CBE 
 
8 - To re-elect   57,201,291 99.31%    394,942   0.69%   57,596,233  7,507 
Paula Bell 
 
9 - To re-elect   57,471,375 99.79%    122,858   0.21%   57,594,233  9,507 
David Burke 
 
10 - To re-elect  53,946,087 93.66%    3,652,146 6.34%   57,598,233  5,507 
Eva Lindqvist 
 
11 - To re-elect  57,202,911 99.31%    394,972   0.69%   57,597,883  5,857 
Baroness Kate 
Rock 
 
12 - To re-elect  57,513,409 99.85%    84,824    0.15%   57,598,233  5,507 
Michael Speakman 
 
13 - Authority to 56,610,838 98.28%    989,726   1.72%   57,600,564  3,176 
allot shares 
 
14 - Authority to 57,577,688 99.96%    20,602    0.04%   57,598,290  5,450 
disapply 
pre-emption 
rights 
 
15 - Authority to 55,315,020 96.04%    2,283,310 3.96%   57,598,330  5,410 
disapply 
pre-emption 
rights (limited 
circumstances) 
 
16 - Authority to 56,996,479 99.02%    566,444   0.98%   57,562,923  40,817 
buy back shares 
 
17 - Authority to 56,787,721 98.58%    815,279   1.42%   57,603,000  740 
make political 
donations 
 
18 - Authority to 56,508,230 98.10%    1,095,510 1.90%   57,603,740  0 
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 
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. 
 
 
 
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