24 May 2016
Keller Group plc ("the Company")
2016 AGM Results
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 29 February 2016 was passed on a poll. Votes cast were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For |
% | Votes Against | % | Total Votes | Votes Withheld |
1 - To receive the report and accounts | 54,008,387 | 98.84% | 631,706 | 1.16% | 54,640,093 | 1,866,116 |
2 - To approve the Directors’ remuneration report | 53,507,344 | 96.51% | 1,935,912 | 3.49% | 55,443,256 | 1,062,953 |
3 - To declare a final dividend of 18.3p per ordinary share | 56,505,848 | 100.00% | 361 | 0.00% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
4 – To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors | 53,436,270 | 94.57% | 3,069,939 | 5.43% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
5 – To fix the remuneration of the Auditors | 54,707,150 | 97.05% | 1,662,849 | 2.95% | 56,369,999 | 136,210 |
6 - To elect Mr Alain Michaelis | 56,352,976 | 99.73% | 153,116 | 0.27% | 56,506,092 | 117 |
7 - To re-elect Ms Nancy Tuor Moore | 56,431,523 | 99.87% | 74,686 | 0.13% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
8 - To re-elect Mr Roy Franklin | 53,233,968 | 94.21% | 3,272,241 | 5.79% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
9 - To re-elect Ms Ruth Cairnie | 55,502,355 | 98.22% | 1,003,854 | 1.78% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
10 - To re-elect Mr Chris Girling | 55,714,666 | 98.61% | 787,543 | 1.39% | 56,502,209 | 4,000 |
11 - To re-elect Mr James Hind | 56,352,732 | 99.73% | 153,477 | 0.27% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
12 - To re-elect Dr Wolfgang Sondermann | 56,353,063 | 99.73% | 153,146 | 0.27% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
13 – To re-elect Mr Paul Withers | 56,433,346 | 99.87% | 72,136 | 0.13% | 56,505,482 | 550 |
14 - Authority to allot shares | 56,493,619 | 99.98% | 12,034 | 0.02% | 56,505,653 | 556 |
15 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (subject to Resolution 14) |
56,493,072 | 99.98% | 11,581 | 0.02% | 56,504,653 | 1,556 |
16 - Authority to buy back shares | 55,461,544 | 98.15% | 1,044,665 | 1.85% | 56,506,209 | 0 |
17 – Authority to make political donations | 54,055,120 | 97.44% | 1,419,870 | 2.56% | 55,474,990 | 1,031,219 |
18 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 days’ notice | 53,296,310 | 94.32% | 3,209,543 | 5.68% | 56,505,853 | 356 |
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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the Company's website at www.keller.co.uk.
Enquiries:
Keller Group plc
Kerry Porritt, Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7616 7575
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