TIDMKLR 
 
11 April 2023 
 
Keller Group plc 
 
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 and Notice of 
2023 Annual General Meeting 
 
Keller Group plc ("Keller", the "Company") announces that its Annual General 
Meeting will be held at 11.00am on Wednesday 17 May 2023 ("AGM 2023") at the 
offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4HT. 
 
In connection with this, the following documents have been posted or otherwise 
made available to shareholders: 
 
·      Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 ("Annual 
Report 2022") 
 
·      Notice of AGM 2023 
 
·      Proxy Form (for shareholders on the register of members) 
 
·      Form of Direction (for employee shareholders) 
 
·      Notice of Availability 
 
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1R, copies of these documents have been 
submitted, where appropriate, to the National Storage Mechanism via the FCA's 
Electronic Submission System and will shortly be available for inspection at 
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 
 
We have also submitted the Annual Report 2022 in the electronic reporting 
format required by Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule ("DGTR") 4.1.14R; 
and the Annual Report 2022 and the Notice of AGM 2023 are now available to view 
on the Company's website at www.keller.com. 
 
Should shareholders wish to ask any questions of the Board relating to the 
business of the AGM 2023, they are encouraged to email their questions in 
advance to secretariat@keller.com or send them by post to the Company's 
registered office for the attention of the Group Company Secretary and Legal 
Advisor. 
 
In accordance with DGTR 6.3.5R, this announcement contains information in the 
Appendix about the principal risks and uncertainties, the Directors' 
responsibility statement and note 29 to the accounts on related party 
transactions. This information has been extracted in full unedited text from 
the Annual Report 2022. This material should be read in conjunction with and is 
not a substitute for reading the full Annual Report 2022. References to page 
numbers and notes in the Appendix refer to those in the Annual Report 2022. A 
condensed set of financial statements was appended to the Keller's preliminary 
results announcement issued on 7 March 2023. 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
Keller Group plc                           www.keller.com 
 
Kerry Porritt, Group Company Secretary and Legal Advisor             020 7616 
7575 
 
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Group Head of Secretariat 
 
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. 
 
LEI number:        549300QO4MBL43UHSN10 
 
DGTR 6 Annex 1 Classification:     1.1 (Annual financial and audit reports) 
 
                                   Appendix 
 
Principal risks and uncertainties 
 
The tables on pages 37 to 43 list the principal risks and uncertainties as 
determined by the Board that may affect the Group and highlight the mitigating 
actions that are being taken. The content of the tables, however, is not 
intended to be an exhaustive list of all the risks and uncertainties that may 
arise. 
 
Link to strategy 
 
1 Balanced portfolio                            2 Engineered solutions 
 
3 Operational excellence                    4 Expertise and scale 
 
Risk movement since 2021 and link to viability 
 
A Increased risk          B Constant risk           C Reduced risk           D 
Link to Viability 
 
Timeframe 
 
Short               Medium           Long 
 
Financial risks 
 
1. Inability to finance our business 
 
Description and       Causes           Mitigation and internal controls  Movement since 
impact                                                                   2021 
 
Failure to            ·    Failure to  ·    Centralised Treasury         Increased Risk 
sufficiently and      accurately       function that is responsible for  Robust internal 
effectively manage    forecast         managing key financial risks,     controls within 
the financial         material         including liquidity and credit    Finance and 
strength of the Group exposures and/or capacity.                         Treasury, along 
could lead it to:     manage the       ·    Mixture of long-term         with trading in 
·    Fail to meet     financial        committed debt with varying       line with 
required tests that   resources of the maturity dates which comprise a £ expectations, 
allow it to continue  Group.           375m revolving credit facility    demonstrate clear 
to use the going                       with a maturity extended to       ability to manage 
concern basis in                       November 2025 and a US private    existing and 
preparing its                          placement debt of $75m maturing   anticipated risks. 
financial statements.                  in 2024. New $115m term loan in   Looking forward, 
·    Fail to meet                      place, maturing in November 2024. we will closely 
financial covenant                     ·    The Group maintains          monitor this risk 
tests, potentially                     significant undrawn facilities    in relation to 
leading to a default                   within a high quality RCF bank    winning new work 
event.                                 syndicate, which underpin the     orders on the NEOM 
·    Have a lack of                    liquidity requirements of the     project and 
available funds                        Group.                            subsequent 
restricts investment                   ·    Strong free cash flow        requirements for 
in growth                              profile - flexibility on capital  increased capital 
opportunities,                         expenditure and ability to reduce expenditure and 
whether through                        dividends.                        working capital. 
acquisition or                         ·    Embedded procedures to 
innovation.                            monitor the effective management 
·    Be unable to                      of cash and debt, including 
meet dividend payment                  weekly cash reports and regular 
requirements.                          cash flow forecasting to ensure 
                                       compliance with borrowing limits 
                                       and lender covenants. 
                                       ·    Culture focused on actively 
                                       managing our working capital and 
                                       monitoring external factors that 
                                       may affect funding availability. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 / 4 
Yes                                          Med / Long Term 
 
Market risks 
 
2. A rapid downturn in our markets 
 
Description and       Causes           Mitigation and internal controls  Movement since 
impact                                                                   2021 
 
Inability to maintain ·    Customers   ·    The diverse markets in which Constant Risk 
a sustainable level   postponing or    the Group operates, both in terms The Group has a 
of financial          reducing         of geography and market segment,  very strong order 
performance           investment in    provide protection to individual  book across all 
throughout the        ongoing and new  geographic or segment slowdowns.  divisions, with 
construction industry projects.        ·    Leveraging the global scale  significant 
market cycle, which   ·    Impact of   of the Group, talent and          opportunities on 
grows more than many  increasing       resources can be redeployed to    the NEOM project 
other industries      inflation,       other parts of the company during in Saudi Arabia. 
during periods of     especially in    individual market slowdowns.      However, due to 
economic expansion    steel, cement    ·    Having strong local          increasing 
and falls more harder and energy.      businesses with in-depth          inflation and 
than many other       ·    Political   knowledge of the local markets    interest rates, as 
industries when the   instability      enables early detection and       well as 
economy contracts.    leading to       response to market trends.        geopolitical 
Any significant,      disruption in    ·    The diverse customer base,   uncertainty, we 
sustained reduction   supply chains    with no single customer           are starting to 
in the level of       impacting both   accounting for more than 6% of    see some early 
customer activity     availability and Group revenue, reduces the        signs of customers 
could adversely       price.           potential impact of individual    delaying project 
affect the Group's                     customer failure caused by an     starts and 
strategy, reducing                     economic downturn.                investment. 
revenue and 
profitability in the 
short and medium 
term, and negatively 
impact the 
longer-term viability 
of the Group. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
1 / 2 
Yes                                          Med / Long Term 
 
Strategic risks 
 
3. Failure to procure new contracts while maintaining appropriate margins 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Failure to negotiate    ·    Increased    ·    A focus on understanding   Constant Risk 
satisfactory and        competition       customer requirements and       While we continued 
appropriate contractual especially in     competitor capabilities.        to see a strong 
terms may result in:    tight or          ·    Structured bid review      order book during 
·    Delays and         contracting       processes in operation          2022, we are also 
disputes during project markets.          throughout the Group with       seeing increased 
delivery, negatively    ·    Failure to   well-defined selection criteria competition on 
impacting our           fully understand  that are designed to ensure we  contracts within 
relationships with our  and/or ability to take on contracts only where we our markets with 
customers and the       meet customer     understand and can manage the   increased pressure 
Group's reputation for  requirements.     risks involved.                 on bid pricing 
delivering quality      ·    Inadequate   ·    The Project Lifecycle      from our customers 
products and solutions. resources in      Management (PLM) Standard has   that along with 
·    Adversely          place (physical   introduced more rigour into how inflationary 
impacting Group         assets and        risks are considered during the pressures could 
strategy leading to     people).          opportunity, contract approval  potentially erode 
reduced revenue and     ·    Failure to   and project execution phases.   contract margins. 
profitability and       understand and    ·    Sales training - focus on 
negatively impacting    engage with the   contractual and commercial 
the Group's ability to  customer on       terms. 
fund its strategic      balanced approach ·    Continuous monitoring of 
objectives.             to allocation or  market trends and their 
                        sharing of risk   potential impact. 
                        in the contract.  ·    Continuous monitoring of 
                                          order book wins and losses. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
1 / 2 / 3 / 4                               No 
                        Short / Med / Long Term 
 
4. Losing our market share 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Inability to achieve    ·    Increased    ·    A clear business strategy  Constant Risk 
sustainable growth,     competitor        with defined short, medium and  Robust internal 
whether through         activity          long-term objectives, which is  controls within 
acquisition, new        especially in     monitored at local, divisional  Finance and 
products, new           tight or          and Group level.                Treasury, along 
geographies or          contracting       ·    Continued analysis of      with trading in 
industry-specific       markets.          existing and target markets to  line with 
solutions, may:         ·    Failure to   ensure opportunities that they  expectations, 
·    Jeopardise our     adjust to         offer are understood.           demonstrate clear 
position as the         changing customer ·    An opportunities pipeline  ability to manage 
preferred international demands or fully  covering all sectors of the     existing and 
geotechnical specialist understand and    construction market.            anticipated risks. 
contractor.             meet their        ·    A wide-ranging local 
·    Lead to            requirements.     branch network which 
inefficiencies and      ·    Inability to facilitates customer 
increased operating     identify changes  relationships and helps secure 
costs, which in turn    in market         repeat work. 
could impact our        demands,          ·    Continually seeking to 
ability to deliver      including changes differentiate our offering 
balanced profitable     to promote        through service quality, value 
growth, which is a key  sustainability.   for money and innovation. 
component of our                          ·    North American businesses 
strategy.                                 reorganisation delivering on 
·    Failure to deliver                   cross-selling opportunities. 
on our key strategic                      ·    Minimising the risk of 
objective may result in                   acquisitions, including getting 
the loss of confidence                    to know a target company in 
and trust of our key                      advance, often working in joint 
stakeholders including                    venture, to understand the 
investors, financial                      operational and cultural 
institutions and                          differences and potential 
customers.                                synergies, as well as 
                                          undertaking these through due 
                                          diligence and structured and 
                                          carefully managed integration 
                                          plans. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
1 / 2 
Yes                                          Short / Med / Long Term 
 
5. Ethical misconduct and non-compliance with regulations 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Keller operates in many Failure to comply ·    A Code of Business Conduct Increased Risk 
different jurisdictions with the Code of  that sets out minimum           A financial 
and is subject to       Business Conduct  expectations for all colleagues reporting fraud 
various rules,          or related        in respect of ethics, integrity was discovered in 
regulations and other   policies and      and regulatory requirements,    the Austral 
legal requirements      procedures could  that is updated annually and is business unit (BU) 
including those related stem from:        backed by a training programme  in Australia. As a 
to anti-bribery and     ·    Failure to   to ensure that it is fully      result, management 
anti-corruption.        establish robust  embedded across the Group.      commissioned an 
Failure to comply with  corporate         ·    Ethics and Compliance      external forensic 
the Code of Business    culture.          Officers in every business unit investigation 
Conduct or other        ·    Failure to   who support the ethics and      which reported to 
regulations could leave adopt a           compliance culture and ensure   the ARC in 
the Group exposed to:   compliance risk   best practice developed by the  February 2023. It 
·    Instances of       approach.         Group is communicated and       concluded that the 
bribery and corruption. ·    Failure to   embedded into local business    fraudulent 
·    Fraud and          embed the Group's practices.                      activity had not 
deception.              values and        ·    Regular workshops across   resulted in a cash 
·    Human rights       behaviours across the Group to ensure compliance  loss for the 
abuses, such as modern  the entire        risks are identified and        Group. A specific 
slavery, child labour   organisation,     addressed.                      controls response 
abuses and human        including any     ·    Ethics and Compliance      plan has also been 
trafficking.            joint ventures.   updates to the Audit and Risk   developed covering 
·    Unfair competition ·    Failure to   Committee semi-annually.        both control 
practices.              have a robust     ·    An independent third-party failings in 
·    Unethical          training and      whistleblowing helpline that is Austral and a 
treatment within our    monitoring        actively promoted. Complaints   wider review 
supply chain.           programme in      are independently investigated  across Keller. 
These failures could    place.            by the Compliance and Internal  Progress against 
result in legal         ·    Deliberate   Audit teams and appropriate     plan will be 
investigations, leading non-compliance.   action taken where necessary.   reported to the 
to fines and penalties,                                                   ARC. See the 
reputational damage and                                                   committee's report 
business losses.                                                          on page 107 for 
                                                                          more information. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 / 4 
Yes                                          Short Term 
 
6. Inability to maintain our technological product advantage 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Keller has a history of ·    Failure to   ·    Innovation initiatives     Constant Risk 
innovation that has     maintain          developed at both Group and 
given us a              investment in     divisional level to ensure a 
technological advantage innovation and    structured approach to 
which is recognised by  digitisation.     innovation is in 
our clients and         ·    Increased    place across the Group. 
competitors. Failure to competitor        ·    Digitisation initiatives 
maintain this advantage investment in     focusing on strategy of 
through the continued   innovative        facilitating equipment and 
technological           solutions.        operational data capture, 
advancements in our     ·    Failure to   bringing information together 
equipment, products and continue to       and making it accessible on a 
solutions may:          invest in our     single platform. It will 
·    Impact our         people.           include all technical 
position in the market.                   information from Keller and 
·    Not being selected                   third-party sources at each 
for key complex,                          stage of delivery, including 
high-value projects                       data analysis and 
that support the Group                    visualisations where possible, 
strategy.                                 and it will also be 
·    Make it more                         BIM-compatible. 
difficult to attract                      ·    We take a leadership role 
and retain the best                       in the geotechnical industry, 
talent.                                   with many of our team playing 
·    Result in the loss                   key roles in professional 
of reputation for                         associations and industry 
delivering the best                       activities around the world. 
engineered solutions.                     ·    Global product teams set 
                                          standards, provide guidance and 
                                          disseminate best practice 
                                          across the Group. 
                                          ·    Continued investment in 
                                          both external and internal 
                                          equipment manufacture. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
1 / 2 
No                                           Med / Long Term 
 
7. Climate change 
 
Description and impact      Causes         Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                           controls                        2021 
 
Climate change is a global  ·    Failure   ·    Sustainability Steering    Constant Risk 
threat and failure to       to update      Committee that is responsible   Starting to win 
manage and mitigate it      product        for integrating sustainability  project 
could lead to:              offerings      targets and measures into the   opportunities 
·    Inability to achieve   in line with   group business plan to          related to 
Keller's commitment to      both           successfully drive changes      climate impact. 
deliver solutions in an     legislation    important to the company.       Focus remains on 
environmentally conscious   and customer   ·    Collaboration with the     delivering 
manner, which may in turn   demand.        University of Surrey's Centre   sustainability 
have a negative impact on                  for Environment and             targets and 
our reputation, affect                     Sustainability to apply         meeting TCFD 
employee morale and lead to                sustainability best practice to reporting 
a loss of confidence from                  all business functions.         requirements. 
our customers, suppliers                   ·    Scope 1 and 2 carbon 
and investors.                             emissions verified by 
·    Product offerings                     accredited external third party 
becoming obsolete because                  (Carbon Intelligence). 
they are no longer                         ·    Carbon calculator tool 
compliant with                             used to identify/improve carbon 
environmental standards.                   efficiency. 
·    Remediation of                        ·    Cross-functional team 
non-compliant work at our                  created to develop and embed 
own expense to maintain                    processes to meet TCFD 
compliance.                                requirements. See page 90 for 
                                           our Organisational and 
                                           reporting structure for climate 
                                           governance. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 
Yes                                          Short / Med / Long Term 
 
Operational risks 
 
8. Service or solutions failure 
 
Description and impact       Causes            Mitigation and internal       Movement since 
                                               controls                      2021 
 
In designing a product or a  ·                 ·    Continuing to enhance    Constant Risk 
solution for customers many  Misinterpretation our technological and 
factors need to be           of client         operational capabilities 
considered, including client requirements or   through investment in our 
requirements, site and       miscommunication  product teams, project 
loading conditions and local of requirements   managers and our engineering 
constraints (eg neighbouring by the client may capabilities. 
buildings, other underground lead to a poorly  ·    Employing geotechnical 
structures). Inadequate      designed solution engineers that are focused 
design of a customer product and consequently  purely on design. 
and/or solution may lead to: failure.          ·    Disaster Recovery/ 
·    Inability to achieve                      Business Continuity Plans in 
the required standard.                         place and reviewed across the 
·    Failure to meet quality                   Group. 
standards, damaging our                        ·    The global product teams 
reputation, giving rise to                     set standards, provide 
regulatory action and legal                    guidance and disseminate best 
liability, and ultimately                      practice across the 
impact financial                               organisation for our eight 
performance.                                   key products. 
·    A negative impact on                      ·    We seek to agree 
long-term profitability from                   liability limits in our 
poorly designed product/                       contracts with customers. 
solution as they are                           ·    Insurance solutions are 
generally covered by a                         in place to limit financial 
liability limitation period                    exposure of a potential 
of 12 years.                                   customer claim. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
2 / 4                                         Yes 
            Short / Med / Long Term 
 
9. Ineffective execution of our projects 
 
Description and     Causes           Mitigation and internal controls    Movement since 
impact                                                                   2021 
 
Inability to        ·    Failure to  ·    Ensuring we understand all of  Constant Risk 
successfully        manage our       our risks through the bid appraisal Number of projects 
deliver projects in projects to      process and applying rigorous       not executed to 
line with the       ensure that they policies and processes to manage    expectations in 
agreed customer     are delivered on and monitor contract performance.   2022 above the 
requirements may    time and to      ·    Ensuring we have high-quality  long-term average. 
result in:          budget due to    people delivering projects.         Adversely impacted 
·    Cost overruns, unforeseen       Keller's Project Management Academy by persistently 
contractual         ground and site  and Field Leadership Academy are    high inflation 
disputes and        conditions,      designed to create project managers across North 
reputational        weather-related  with a consistent skill set across  America and 
damage.             delays,          the entire organisation. The        Europe. 
·    Ineffective    unavailability   academies cover a broad range of 
project delivery    of key           topics including contract 
may also expose the materials,       management, planning, risk 
Group to long-term  workforce        assessment, change management, 
obligations         shortages or     decision-making and finance. 
including legal     equipment        ·    KDAQ system enabling 
action and          breakdowns.      comparison of performance across 
additional costs to ·    Lack of     sites using similar products, 
remedy solution     comprehensive    identification of areas of best 
failure.            understanding of practice and quickly raising 
                    contract         awareness of where improvement is 
                    obligations.     needed. 
                    ·    Inadequate  ·    Safety Standards for 
                    resources        operations (eg platform, cage 
                    (people,         handling), Equipment Standards and 
                    physical assets  fleet renewal. 
                    and materials).  ·    The PLM Standard aims to drive 
                                     a consistent approach to project 
                                     delivery with robust controls at 
                                     every project phase. 
                                     ·    A formal, structured approach 
                                     to Lean and 5S is being rolled out 
                                     across the organisation, which is 
                                     improving processes and 
                                     strengthening Keller's working 
                                     culture. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 / 4 
Yes                                          Short Term 
 
10. Supply chain - partners fail to meet the Group's operational expectation 
and contractual obligations (including capacity, competency, quality, financial 
stability, safety, environmental, social and ethical) 
 
Description and   Causes             Mitigation and internal Movement since 2021 
impact                               controls 
 
Failure to manage ·    Failure to    ·    The Group has      Constant Risk 
suppliers         embed the Group's  developed long-term     Supply chain issues, 
effectively could expectation within partnerships with key   including both scarcity 
lead to:          the procurement    suppliers, working      of certain materials 
·    Delays to    process.           closely with them to    (steel, cement and 
executing         ·    Inadequate    understand their        energy) and the pricing 
projects waiting  assessment of      operations, but is not  impact of this, are 
for materials and supply chain       over-reliant on any     beginning to show signs 
ongoing business  partner            single one, with an     of easing. While 
disruption.       capabilities       extensive network of    pressure remains as a 
·    Additional   during bidding     approved suppliers in   result of the 
costs to find     phase.             place across the        geopolitical 
alternative       ·    Lack of       organisation to support uncertainty following 
suppliers.        supplier           its strategic           Russia's invasion of 
·    Becoming     resilience due to  ambitions.              Ukraine, it is being 
involved in legal rising costs of    ·    A Supply Chain     better managed as 
disputes and      energy as a result Code of Business        demand cools across 
potentially fines of geopolitical    Conduct that sets out   North America and 
and penalties.    uncertainty.       minimum expectations    Europe. It will 
·    Damaging our ·    Lack of       for all suppliers in    continue to be closely 
reputation and    supply             respect of ethics,      monitored and action 
potentially being availability due   integrity and           taken to mitigate 
barred from       to increased       regulatory              impacts. 
bidding on future demand from and    requirements, that is   The Group is committed 
contracts.        too little supply. updated annually.       to ensuring slavery and 
·    Human rights ·    Inflation     ·    Working group      forced labour is not 
abuses, such as   driving up prices. established, reporting  taking place in its 
modern slavery,   ·    Logistical    to the Group Company    business or supply 
child labour      impact causing     Secretary and Legal     chain. Following a 
abuses and human  delays due to lack Advisor, to drive       recent issue with a 
trafficking.      of HGV drivers.    minimum standards both  contractor's use of 
                                     contractually and       overseas recruitment 
                                     behaviourally across    agents, we are 
                                     key labour suppliers.   undertaking a modern 
                                                             slavery assessment of 
                                                             our labour only 
                                                             contractors to ensure 
                                                             they are complying with 
                                                             our standards. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 / 4 
Yes                                          Short / Med Term 
 
11. Causing a serious injury or fatality to an employee or a member of the 
public 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Failure to maintain     ·    Inadequate   ·    Board-led commitment to    Constant Risk 
high standards of       risk              drive health and safety 
health and safety, and  identification,   programmes and performance with 
an increase in serious  assessment and    a vision of zero harm. 
injuries or fatalities, management.       ·    An emphasis on safety 
leading to:             ·    Lack of      leadership to ensure both HSEQ 
·    Erosion of trust   clear leadership  professionals and operational 
of employees and        driving the       leaders drive implementation 
potential clients.      safety culture.   and sustainment of our safety 
·    Damage to staff    ·    Lack of      standards through ongoing site 
morale, an increase in  employee          presence, using safety tours, 
employee turnover rates competency.       safety audits, safety action 
and a decrease in       ·    Poorly       groups and mandatory employee 
productivity.           designed          training. 
·    Threat of          processes that do ·    Ongoing improvement of 
potential criminal      not eliminate or  existing HSEQ systems to 
prosecutions, fines,    mitigate risk.    identify and control known and 
disbarring from future  ·    Lack of      emerging HSEQ risks, which 
contract bidding and    focus on the      conform to internal standards. 
reputational damage.    wellbeing and     ·    Incident Management 
                        mental health of  Standard and incident 
                        employees and JV  management software driving a 
                        partners.         robust and consistent 
                                          management process across the 
                                          organisation that ensures the 
                                          cause of the incident is 
                                          identified and actions are put 
                                          in place to prevent recurrence. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 
Yes                                          Short Term 
 
12. Not having the right skills to deliver 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Failure to attract and  ·    Inability to ·    Continuing to invest in    Constant Risk 
develop excellent       recruit           our people and organisation in  While we are still 
people to create a      and retain strong line with the four pillars of   witnessing 
high-quality, vibrant,  performers.       the Keller People agenda as     inflationary 
diverse and flexible    ·    Lack of a    noted below.                    pressure on pay 
workforce could:        diverse           ·    Ensuring that the 'Right   across many 
·    Harm the Group's   workforce.        Organisation' is in place with  locations where 
ability to win or       ·    Failure to   people having clear             Keller operates, 
execute specific        maintain          accountabilities; each          the pressure on 
high-value, complex     and promote the   organisational unit is properly competition for 
projects.               Keller culture.   configured with a matrix of     skilled personnel 
·    Fail to meet       ·    Overheating  line management, functional     is beginning to 
strategic objectives to of market causing support and product expertise.  ease. Focus 
grow the business and   significant       ·    As an industry leader,     remains on 
lose key stakeholder    increase in       that Keller is made up of       retaining staff 
confidence within the   demand            'Great People' that are well    with the right 
market.                 or competition    trained, motivated and have     skills to deliver. 
                        for people.       opportunities to develop to 
                        ·    Lack of      their full potential. Project 
                        visibility of     managers and field employees 
                        long-term         receive comprehensive training 
                        pipeline for      programmes which cover a broad 
                        career            range of topics including 
                        progression       contract management, planning, 
                        resulting in      risk assessment, change 
                        existing          management, decision?making and 
                        employees leaving finance. 
                        the business.     ·    A strong focus on the 
                        ·    Post         'Exceptional Performance' of 
                        COVID-19 recovery employees in delivering 
                        driving increase  commercial outcomes safely for 
                        in attrition      Keller based upon project 
                        or people leaving successes for our customers. 
                        the sector.       Business leaders are 
                        ·    Pressure     incentivised to deliver their 
                        from              annual financial and safety 
                        wage inflation    commitments to the Group. 
                        and increased     ·    The 'Keller Way' provides 
                        offers            guidance to the company's 
                        from competition. employees and leaders to comply 
                                          with local laws and work within 
                                          Keller's values and Code of 
                                          Business Conduct. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
2 / 3 / 4 
No                                           Short / Med Term 
 
13. Cyber security 
 
Description and impact  Causes            Mitigation and internal         Movement since 
                                          controls                        2021 
 
Risk of potential       ·    Poor         ·    The Group has a cyber      Constant Risk 
disruption in the       internal          security and information 
business operations,    governance.       assurance team and is utilising 
reputational damage and ·    Failure to   zero trust layered technology. 
/or loss or corruption  embed             ·    Creation of an Information 
of data could lead to:  preventative      Security Management System 
·    Loss of            culture.          framework, referencing industry 
intellectual property   ·    Lack of or   standards to ensure appropriate 
and competitive         inadequate        governance, control and risk 
advantage.              training and      management and then onward 
·    Operational impact awareness.        management for compliance, 
restricting ability to  ·    Increased    maturity and development of 
carry out business      exposure to       service. 
critical activities.    phishing attacks  ·    Introduction of technical 
·    Potential fines    and ransomware    capabilities and services to 
and penalties.          due to increased  further enable prevention, 
·    Reputational       use of personal   detection, prediction and 
damage leading to loss  devices and       response services. 
of market and customer  remote working.   ·    Multi-factor 
confidence.             ·    Inconsistent authentication for all users 
                        approach to data  prevents unauthorised access to 
                        security,         Keller's networks and 
                        especially with   applications. 
                        JV partners and   ·    Advanced threat protection 
                        external third    on all IT equipment delivers 
                        parties.          comprehensive, ongoing and 
                        ·    Increased    real-time protection against 
                        use of cloud      viruses, malware and spyware. 
                        services without  ·    Data protection framework 
                        equivalent        to ensure compliance with the 
                        investment in     GDPR and other standards of 
                        modern threat     data protection. 
                        prevention.       ·    Independent third-party 
                        ·    Cyber        review of our approach to cyber 
                        attacks.          security and the adequacy of 
                                          the control environment. 
 
Link to strategy                     Link to viability 
Timeframe 
 
3 / 4 
No                                           Short Term 
 
Responsibility statement of the Directors in respect of the Annual Report and 
the financial statements 
 
We confirm that to the best of our knowledge: 
 
·  the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of 
accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, 
financial position and profit or loss of the company and the undertakings 
included in the consolidation as a whole; and 
 
·  the Strategic report and the Directors' report, including content contained 
by reference, includes a fair review of the development and performance of the 
business and the position and performance of the company and the undertakings 
included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of 
the principal risks and uncertainties that they?face. 
 
The Board confirms that the Annual Report and the financial statements, taken 
as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and provide the information 
necessary for shareholders to assess the Group's position and performance, 
business model and strategy. 
 
Related party transactions 
 
Transactions between the parent, its subsidiaries and joint operations, which 
are related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation. Other related party 
transactions are disclosed below: 
 
Compensation of key management personnel 
 
The remuneration of the Board and Executive Committee, who are the key 
management personnel, comprised: 
 
                                                                      2022       2021 
                                                                      £m          £m 
 
Short-term employee benefits                                          4.5        8.2 
 
Post-employment benefits                                              0.3        0.3 
 
Termination payments                                                  0.4        0.4 
 
                                                                      5.2        8.9 
 
Other related party transactions 
 
As at 31 December 2022, there was a net balance of £0.1m owed by (2021: £0.1m 
owed by) the joint venture. These amounts are unsecured, have no fixed date of 
repayment and are repayable on demand. 
 
 
 
END 
 
 

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