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: 

ResolutionVotes
For
%Votes Against%Total VotesVotes 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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