30 June
2020
Keller Group plc
("the Company")
2020 AGM Results
Keller Group plc (the “Company”) announces that all resolutions
were passed by the requisite majorities at the Company’s Annual
General Meeting held at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160
Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4HT
at 9:00am on Tuesday, 30 June 2020.
In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each
resolution at the meeting. The total voting rights (the issued
share capital excluding Treasury Shares) on 26 June 2020 was 72,120,220. 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 |
58,709,042 |
99.99% |
7,960 |
0.01% |
58,717,002 |
520,553 |
2 - To approve the
Directors’ remuneration report |
54,148,800 |
92.15% |
4,609,683 |
7.85% |
58,758,483 |
479,072 |
3 – To declare a final
dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share |
59,226,043 |
99.98% |
11,513 |
0.02% |
59,237,556 |
0 |
4 – To
re-appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors |
59,206,065 |
99.98% |
12,051 |
0.02% |
59,218,116 |
19,440 |
5 - To agree the
Auditors’ remuneration |
59,231,056 |
99.99% |
6,500 |
0.01% |
59,237,556 |
0 |
6 - To
re-elect
Peter Hill CBE |
58,472,364 |
99.51% |
289,737 |
0.49% |
58,762,101 |
475,455 |
7 - To
re-elect
Paula Bell |
59,002,803 |
99.61% |
229,788 |
0.39% |
59,232,591 |
4,965 |
8 - To
re-elect
Eva Lindqvist |
59,002,803 |
99.61% |
229,788 |
0.39% |
59,232,591 |
4,965 |
9 - To
re-elect
Nancy Tuor Moore |
59,005,323 |
99.62% |
227,268 |
0.38% |
59,232,591 |
4,965 |
10 - To re-elect
Baroness Kate Rock |
59,001,740 |
99.61% |
230,851 |
0.39% |
59,232,591 |
4,965 |
11 - To
re-elect
Michael Speakman |
59,187,441 |
99.92% |
47,954 |
0.08% |
59,235,395 |
2,161 |
12 -
Authority to
allot shares |
58,772,265 |
99.21% |
465,291 |
0.79% |
59,237,556 |
0 |
13 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights |
57,094,103 |
97.90% |
1,226,856 |
2.10% |
58,320,959 |
916,597 |
14 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances) |
56,613,798 |
97.07% |
1,707,160 |
2.93% |
58,320,958 |
916,597 |
15 -
Authority to
buy back shares |
57,960,703 |
99.14% |
500,274 |
0.86% |
58,460,977 |
776,578 |
16 - Authority to make
political donations |
56,426,836 |
95.26% |
2,808,692 |
4.74% |
59,235,528 |
2,028 |
17 - Authority to call
a general meeting on 14 days’ notice |
56,833,770 |
95.94% |
2,403,786 |
4.06% |
59,237,556 |
0 |
As announced at our 2019 full year results on 3 March 2020, and confirmed in our announcement
made on 16 June 2020, Paul Withers, past Senior Independent Director
and recent Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, having served on
the Board for over eight years, retired from the Board at the
conclusion of the Company's 2020 Annual General Meeting and
James Hind and Venu Raju did not stand for re-election as
Executive Directors at the Annual General Meeting.
This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s
website, www.keller.com, as soon as practicable. In accordance with
Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed (other than
those concerning ordinary business) will shortly be submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The full text of all the resolutions passed at the meeting can
be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, 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
Kerry Porritt, Group Company
Secretary and Legal Advisor
Tel: 020 7616 7575
LEI number:
549300QO4MBL43UHSN10
Classification: 3.1 Additional regulated
information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member
State
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