19 May
2021
Keller Group plc
(the “Company")
Result of 2021 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 9:00am on Wednesday, 19 May 2021.
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 |
60,071,653 |
99.99% |
4,712 |
0.01% |
60,076,365 |
538,121 |
2 - To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration Policy |
54,665,416 |
90.20% |
5,942,286 |
9.80% |
60,607,702 |
6,784 |
3 - To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration Report |
54,820,261 |
91.15% |
5,324,060 |
8.85% |
60,144,321 |
470,165 |
4 – To declare a final
dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share |
60,614,428 |
100.00% |
18 |
0.00% |
60,614,446 |
40 |
5 – To
re-appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors |
60,145,791 |
99.23% |
467,742 |
0.77% |
60,613,533 |
953 |
6 - To authorise the
Audit Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration |
59,879,176 |
98.79% |
734,928 |
1.21% |
60,614,104 |
382 |
7 - To elect David
Burke |
60,198,375 |
99.32% |
413,453 |
0.68% |
60,611,828 |
2,658 |
8 - To re-elect Peter
Hill CBE |
59,624,303 |
99.13% |
524,143 |
0.87% |
60,148,446 |
466,040 |
9 - To re-elect Paula
Bell |
60,180,632 |
99.29% |
431,196 |
0.71% |
60,611,828 |
2,658 |
10 - To re-elect Eva
Lindqvist |
56,768,214 |
93.66% |
3,843,955 |
6.34% |
60,612,169 |
2,317 |
11 - To re-elect Nancy
Tuor Moore |
59,925,934 |
98.87% |
685,894 |
1.13% |
60,611,828 |
2,658 |
12 - To re-elect
Baroness Kate Rock |
60,180,382 |
99.29% |
431,446 |
0.71% |
60,611,828 |
2,658 |
13 - To
re-elect Michael Speakman |
60,230,097 |
99.37% |
381,731 |
0.63% |
60,611,828 |
2,658 |
14 -
Authority to
allot shares |
59,168,773 |
98.81% |
714,005 |
1.19% |
59,882,778 |
731,708 |
15 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights |
59,859,305 |
99.96% |
23,473 |
0.04% |
59,882,778 |
731,708 |
16 - Authority to
disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances) |
57,497,736 |
96.02% |
2,385,041 |
3.98% |
59,882,777 |
731,709 |
17 -
Authority to
buy back shares |
59,371,061 |
98.02% |
1,201,613 |
1.98% |
60,572,674 |
41,812 |
18 - Authority to make
political donations |
58,727,209 |
96.89% |
1,885,981 |
3.11% |
60,613,190 |
1,296 |
19 - Authority to call
a general meeting on 14 days’ notice |
59,547,580 |
98.24% |
1,066,866 |
1.76% |
60,614,446 |
40 |
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 60,614,486 ordinary shares of
10 pence per share, representing
83.82% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the
AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at 17 May 2021 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and
the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 784,364
shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights.
Resolutions 1 to 14, and 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions
and resolutions 15 to 17 and 19 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
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